Thread: Greenie Desal Insanity, Just Like All Other Greenie Schemes,Will Cripple Us
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Old November 13th 10, 03:56 AM posted to aus.invest,aus.politics,sci.skeptic,sci.geo.meteorology
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Default Greenie Desal Insanity, Just Like All Other Greenie Schemes,Will Cripple Us
On 13/11/2010 1:09 AM, wrote:
In sci.skeptic Martin wrote:
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Desalination is a relatively expensive energy intensive process unless
you can harness the sun to do it for nothing.
How much does your desalinated water cost?

The estimate for running cost is between .50 and .80 dollars per kilolitre.
What that will turn into before it hits households is another matter.

My water bill (I still get a few kL pa from the mains because it's
mandatory) is 1.25 to 1.53 dollars per kL. And that's for "cheap" water
from the catchments. So what the market asks is maybe not a small
multiple of the running cost.

A desalinator has a significant capital cost, which has to be covered in
the price charged for water. Expressing the price charged by reference
to the running cost is just silly.

Sylvia.
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