Retired generals propose super-massive emergency desalination plant in Corpus Christi, requesting permitting waivers
Posted by ParaBellumOutfitters@reddit | PrepperIntel | View on Reddit | 26 comments
NightSail@reddit
Have desalination on my sailboat, and this is a reasonable proposal, particularly if they include Solar as some of the power. (Too tired to confirm or deny if they include Solar.)
ParaBellumOutfitters@reddit (OP)
Fair question. They discuss a grid-independent LNG turbine plant as redundancy. Considering it's Texas, I'll not hold my breath they would install solar
AntiSonOfBitchamajig@reddit
They have so much nat gas in the Permian that they've gone negative on local market pricing, They'll build turbines because its cheap and run the lines.
bleebolgoop@reddit
Gonna take a few years right now to even procure a turbine. Then again, it’s gonna take a few years to build this thing anyways so I guess that’s a non issue.
Bigger problem will be the power step-down transformer, those are 5+ year lead time rn.
Plan-B-Rip-and-Tear@reddit
They won’t spend the money to get the gas to market unless the government pays for it. Live in Texas, work in O&G. They’re happy to flair it t off. This is a multi-generational issue. Nobody will spend the money for the pipeline infrastructure because gas in the US is so cheap it’s mostly an unwanted byproduct and of liquids production.
Instead of figuring out how to make produced water into drinking water, they need to figure out how to make it cool data centers (they already know, they just won’t spend the money) and build the data centers in the Permian powered by easy access to excess gas.
ParaBellumOutfitters@reddit (OP)
Closed-loop ("dry coolers") is known tech for datacenters, but is only used when the Greenwashing is considered more valuable than the actual blowdown. Otherwise the providers will favor the higher PUE of evap
trichocereal117@reddit
Desalinating water to cool data centers is monumentally retarded in the face of climate change
Akiraooo@reddit
Then a hurricane hits...
Happy_Blizzard@reddit
Elevated concrete buildings or insurance.
bleebolgoop@reddit
I work for the kind of insurance company that would write this - the answer is it’s elevated buildings above the flood FFE AND insurance
trichocereal117@reddit
This is Texas we’re talking about, they’ll probably just say “who could’ve foreseen this coming” when they get fucked like they do every time the temps drop
Separate_Fold5168@reddit
Round-Medicine2507@reddit
And it'll be filled with saltwater!
Far_Out_6and_2@reddit
Definitely solar will be denied cause coal power is the old but suddenly new way to go
Round-Medicine2507@reddit
Im gonna start paying republicans with scrip
Aliendream99@reddit
How can they afford this at all? Desalination plant for city has to be 100’s of millions.
Round-Medicine2507@reddit
They're gonna get liberal states to pay for it. They could have seen this coming 10+ years ago i say let them be.
crag-u-feller@reddit
That aint no damnnn desal plant
03263@reddit
Failure to plan does not constitute an emergency 🙂
Ill_Translator7545@reddit
That report is too science-y. The should get Dr H20 or some other celebrity with a TV show to come and explain that everything is better than fine - better than ever.
ParaBellumOutfitters@reddit (OP)
Where's the Salt water>Brawndo conversion plant???
Ok-Gold-5031@reddit
Funny they use Claude
ParaBellumOutfitters@reddit (OP)
Clearly, ai, yes - what gave it away as Claude?
IlNomeUtenteDeve@reddit
100% Claude. The documents i send to my boss have the same exact fonts, colours, tables, page headers style...
Just ask cloude to generate an official documents and you'll see it
ParaBellumOutfitters@reddit (OP)
Makes sense, thanks
lingolegend@reddit
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