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haele

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2. Need to figure out what to do with the leftover brine.

Reply to Fichefinder (Reply #1)

Thu May 7, 2026, 04:11 PM

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The amount produced through desalination will end up deadly to the environment, especially if it gets into the water table.
My hopeful guess is that some of our tech folks down here are thinking about using the excess Sodium or Lithium production for long lasting, efficient battery production (especially wall unit and EV batteries).

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