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It's not -a lot- of electricity ... a couple of thousand kWh per day. It's also used to de-salinate ocean water ... of which there's plenty.

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[–] lemmylommy@lemmy.world 47 points 2 days ago (8 children)

Combine salt and water to create electricity to power a desalination plant that removes salt from water. I am sure there is more to it, but the article sounds like it’s one of those mad perpetual free energy schemes that defy the laws of physics.

[–] happydoors@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Isn’t efficiency just getting closer and closer to a perpetual machine? Using science and the physics to the absolute limit!

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