And where are they going to dump the salt?

Guy

----- Original Message -----
From: "Wayne R. Boyer" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, July 03, 2002 9:06 AM
Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] OT: You think a gallon of gasoline is expensive?


> In a message dated 7/2/02 11:59:00 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
> [log in to unmask] writes:
>
>
> > Over here in Riyadh:-
> >
> > Gasoline        SR0.90/l=USD 0.24/l = USD 0.91/us Gal
> > Water           SR1.20/US GAL     = USD 0.32/US Gal
> >
> >
>
> This also relates to last week's OT discussion re: water supplies and real
> estate (non)development.  At USD 0.32/GAL I don't think that desalination
> would be a popular approach for Southern California.  Is that a price in a
> gallon/liter jug perhaps?  That method of supplying water should be a lot
> more expensive that installed pipes.
> I'd still like to know what water would cost S. Calif. in massive volumes
if
> we desalinated Pacific Ocean water instead of sucking up as much as
possible
> from everywhere else.
>
> Wayne Boyer
>
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