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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The best place is into the desert to make salt like they do in Africa.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Maybe. Anti-biofouling chemicals used by most systems are extremely toxic. If a system avoids using those somehow then this can work.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Does this system use those tho. I thought this was a chem free sunstill

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It might be. But I don’t consider this to be a real system until it’s been scaled up and has the cost established. Biofouling isn’t likely to become much of an issue until the system is in use for a time. But since it has no filters it might not need it, I’m not sure.