sylverstream@lemmy.nz to Technology@beehaw.org · 9 months agoWave-Powered Desalination System Produces 13,000 Gallons of Drinking Water a Day From Each Buoywww.goodnewsnetwork.orgexternal-linkmessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up188arrow-down10
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minus-squarerkw_social@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up4·9 months agoAssuming: Current ocean salinity = 35 kg / m3. Current ocean volume = 1.4 * 1018 m3. Current human fresh water usage = 4 * 109 m**3. (35 * 1.4 * 1018) / (1.4 * 1018 - 4 * 10**9). = 35.0000001 kg / m**3. = New ocean salinity. I think they’ll be okay.
minus-squarerkw_social@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3·9 months agoApologies double didn’t realize the double asterisks would screw up the formatting. 1.4 trillion trillion cubic meters ocean volume. 4 trillion cubic meters fresh water consumption
Assuming:
Current ocean salinity = 35 kg / m3. Current ocean volume = 1.4 * 1018 m3. Current human fresh water usage = 4 * 109 m**3.
(35 * 1.4 * 1018) / (1.4 * 1018 - 4 * 10**9).
= 35.0000001 kg / m**3. = New ocean salinity.
I think they’ll be okay.
Apologies double didn’t realize the double asterisks would screw up the formatting. 1.4 trillion trillion cubic meters ocean volume. 4 trillion cubic meters fresh water consumption