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jeff47

(26,549 posts)
11. Don't have to go all the way to AZ
Fri Sep 28, 2012, 12:39 PM
Sep 2012

There's plenty of room in the Mojave Desert areas of Southern California.

Southern CA is only crowded near the coast. It's really empty on the eastern side of the state.

Good thinking 4th law of robotics Sep 2012 #1
As a 15 year resident of Carlsbad I would like to say its all good but there grantcart Sep 2012 #9
I had an HOA home in Carlsbad in the mid 1990s cojoel Sep 2012 #15
The desal plant will go next to the Encina Power Station. nt bananas Sep 2012 #34
Isn't it that the preliminary plant will go there and if it proves successful then grantcart Sep 2012 #36
Don't know, I haven't been following it. nt bananas Sep 2012 #37
Surfrider is against the desal plant. bananas Sep 2012 #38
This is good news, but they have got to do something to bring that price down. cbayer Sep 2012 #2
The problem now is if we all use less MindPilot Sep 2012 #5
How can that be? It is simply illogical. cbayer Sep 2012 #10
conservation brings in lower revenues mitchtv Sep 2012 #14
Ridiculous, no? cbayer Sep 2012 #16
hair pulling ridiculous mitchtv Sep 2012 #35
Not illogical if you think of water as a "product" dixiegrrrrl Sep 2012 #17
Which makes me think that we need to think of it as something other than cbayer Sep 2012 #18
Well, if one thinks of water and air as a "right" .... dixiegrrrrl Sep 2012 #19
Still worth going for it, imo. cbayer Sep 2012 #27
Here is Southern California, we spend very little to heat our houses and buildings, so JDPriestly Sep 2012 #31
It is crazy but they do that with the electrical rates MindPilot Sep 2012 #21
But that makes more sense. cbayer Sep 2012 #24
But they don't, that is the problem. MindPilot Sep 2012 #28
Then I misunderstood the other post. cbayer Sep 2012 #29
So their water producer is going to be privately owned jsr Sep 2012 #3
That so in the entire UK. dipsydoodle Sep 2012 #6
Unless the law has been changed, all water in the State of California belongs to the State of JDPriestly Sep 2012 #32
I think it's inevitable that desalination will become a major source of fresh water in SoCal... slackmaster Sep 2012 #4
It doesn't have to be this way BlueStreak Sep 2012 #7
Don't have to go all the way to AZ jeff47 Sep 2012 #11
Good point. I was just thinking that AZ will have a great need for water. BlueStreak Sep 2012 #23
You have a specific spot in Arizona in mind? XemaSab Sep 2012 #12
Plenty of space southwest of Phoenix BlueStreak Sep 2012 #26
Solar arrays are not yet an inexpensive way of producing power even on a commercial scale slackmaster Sep 2012 #13
It is mostly capital cost. The ongoing costs are pretty competitive. BlueStreak Sep 2012 #22
Solar on the Roofs of Practically Everything AndyTiedye Sep 2012 #25
There is plenty of need for Arizona's and California's solar energy in states to the North. JDPriestly Sep 2012 #33
Finally! this is something S Cal has needed for decades. Kablooie Sep 2012 #8
Yeah! Scairp Sep 2012 #20
The fuel costs have been prohibitive and no one has wanted to take the risk. cbayer Sep 2012 #30
All states having acess to water from the ocean would be smart to do this lovuian Sep 2012 #39
This is a stupid idea. hunter Sep 2012 #40
I wasn't aware that the only possible source of power was nat gas. Sirveri Sep 2012 #41
Lot's of things are "possible." hunter Sep 2012 #42
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