DennisPTate
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My apologies if I am in error but it is my belief that a Carbon Tax will do essentially NOTHING to prevent ocean levels from rising?
My belief is that mega-scale desalination projects similar to "Sorek" that are fuelled by natural gas are the only practical technology at this time that could be used to put a comparable amount of desalinated H2O into the deserts of this world as well could soon begin to crack and slide off the LAND BASED Greenland Ice Sheets?
I love the look of the existing Solar powered desalination technology BUT it seems also clear to me that this technology cannot even handle what needs to be done along the Mediterranean Sea near the Sahara Desert?
I would love to be incorrect in this belief but am I?
My belief is that mega-scale desalination projects similar to "Sorek" that are fuelled by natural gas are the only practical technology at this time that could be used to put a comparable amount of desalinated H2O into the deserts of this world as well could soon begin to crack and slide off the LAND BASED Greenland Ice Sheets?
I love the look of the existing Solar powered desalination technology BUT it seems also clear to me that this technology cannot even handle what needs to be done along the Mediterranean Sea near the Sahara Desert?
I would love to be incorrect in this belief but am I?
About
The Sorek desalination plant is one of a kind and the largest seawater desalination plant operating with 16’’ elements in a unique vertical arrangement.
It provides potable water for millions of people, comprising 20% of the municipal water demand in Israel, thus greatly contributing to the country’s water system resilience (while minimizing the environmental impact).
In 2018 IDE sold Sorek 1 desalination plant to Dan Capital. The sale was required under a deal agreed by IDE with antitrust (competition) authorities allowing IDE to bid on a BOT tender for a second SWRO desalination plant at Soreq.
- Capacity: 640,000 m³/day
- Technology: Reverse Osmosis (RO)
- Water Source: Seawater
- Contract type: BOT For 25 years
- Usage: Potable Water
- Location: Rishon Le Zion, Israel
- Customer: Israel Water Authority
- Commissioning date: 2013
Sorek I Desalination Plant (Israel) | IDE Tech
The Sorek desalination plant is one of the world's largest SWRO facilities. It sets global standards in seawater reverse osmosis.ide-tech.com