Reply To: Direct conversion

[zapkitty]

Duke Leto wrote: I know removing the cost of desalinization is a major dream of Lerner’s, and I don’t want to be a spoiler, but I’ve been looking at the documentation on desalinization and looks to me like the energy component in the process is only 50% of the total cost. Now if desalinized seawater costs $6 per 1000 gallons now, that would presumably mean that the cost would be cut to $3 as compared to the $0.90-2.50 conventional freshwater costs.

Maybe it’s just me but I don’t see that as a financial knockout blow. Unless there are even more energy intensive methods that minimize the equipment and labor costs.

Maybe I’m missing something.

The cost of the technology of current desalination procedures is driven by the need to reduce energy usage. Bring the cost of energy down and much cheaper desalination tech becomes viable again.

BTW… If you see a bedraggled ogrish man with dark glasses and a white cane walk into LPPX with $2-5 wanting to buy options to buy $50-70 in common stock, Rezwan, that man would be me 8)