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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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