Growing crops with desalinated water costs more for the energy to produce the wa...

		mnw21cam on April 23, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Nobody lives here: the 5 million US census blocks ... Growing crops with desalinated water costs more for the energy to produce the water than the price of the crops grown. That's why desalinated water tends to only be used for domestic supply. The real problem is energy price.