qyron

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[–] qyron@sopuli.xyz 8 points 8 months ago

I can relate with that.

In my country, there's a good humoured way to describe the "beard" I have: half a dozen hairs, playing cards, and they still haven't found the table. Spotty, thin, uneven, that just passes a sense of being unclean when it starts to grow. And the itching sensation... At least I don't get that greenish tint on my skin when the hairs are close shaven. Those guys are really unlucky.

[–] qyron@sopuli.xyz 17 points 8 months ago (3 children)

I just hate shaving.

[–] qyron@sopuli.xyz 30 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (18 children)

I'm not trans but I can relate with this. I would live very happy without facial hair.

[–] qyron@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I really doubt that much rock can't find any other use except being dumped into the ocean.

[–] qyron@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Then why not just use it to extend a coast line or build an island?

[–] qyron@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 years ago

Not doubting your word, something doesn't add up.

There are hotels in my country that already buy and install dessalination plants, in order to save costs, to fill pools and fountains and even irrigate gardens.

These instalations have steep requirements to be installed and the off products can't be dangerous for return to environment, as the return often goes directly to the sea, through beaches.

Concentrating the salt is also another intelectual itch for me. We naturally concentrate salt by evaporation. There are a few programs aimed at developing low energy/high efficiency processes to obtain salt from sea water. The few I was described involved using systems built around the pressure cooker working principle or purpose built enclosed systems alike to greenhouses to force the water out. I'd risk the processes would be useful to make use of the brines.

[–] qyron@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Call me skeptic but I'll risk there are a good number of industries that could use and profit from using that brine.

And you opted by the chemical process. Why not use reverse osmosis or pure and simple forced evaporation?

[–] qyron@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Anywhere near the mines?

[–] qyron@sopuli.xyz 16 points 2 years ago (1 children)

And me building hope on the legend that Norway was a civilized land.

[–] qyron@sopuli.xyz 14 points 2 years ago (12 children)

Couldn't it be just pilled up and eventually used to back fill the mine shafts?

[–] qyron@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Where I live, the prices would be for about €1/cubic meter. That is very low. And it wouldn't hurt farmers to be a bit more conscious on how they use water. There are still to many people that irrigate by flooding, which is demontrated as a bad practice.

The brine problem I really don't understand it.

Nowadays, industry buys salt, processes it to remove rare metals and elements and sells back the purified sodium cloride we buy from shelves (don't buy it; go for raw salt if you can) or ship it to other industries to be used as a filler (like powdered laundry soap).

The brine can be as easily processed into these same end uses.

[–] qyron@sopuli.xyz -3 points 2 years ago

Fine. Shall we retry or leave it as is?

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