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World's first subsea commercial desalination plant can cut energy use in half (www.newscientist.com)
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[-] CEbbinghaus@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Absolutely would be. Additionally they can use far more efficient ways of pumping liquid (such as bubble pumps). Since they only need to decrease the pressure inside enough to allow for the ambient pressure to force water through the filter.

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