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The floating desalination machines powered by the waves (www.bbc.com)
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[–] Eheran@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Not sure if this is more resource efficient than solar powered on land, given the small scale (=inefficient) and the additional complexity from being the seawater all the time. Oh and all the handling, like pipes to transport it back to land from all those tiny things.