Originally Posted by MarkZ
Anyone ever check out molten salt solar installations? For generating power it's a stupid idea, but I wonder if the same principal could be used for desalination. Boil salt water with concentrated sun light. Not like we don't have deserts right on the ocean.

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Environmentalist are already pissed about that type of facility. Birds fly through the "hot zone" and get roasted in flight.