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nielsbot · 2023-09-27 22:45:59

can we just pile it up into a huge salt mountain? and maybe eat some of it?

djtango | karma 990 | avg karma 2.19 · | 2023-09-28 00:40:18

Ironically we'd probably need some amount of water to then purify the salt from the other random stuff

imgabe | karma 22656 | avg karma 5.61 · | 2023-09-27 23:11:25

Or just sell it as salt? We use, I don’t know, billions of pounds of salt per year in food production?

pitaj | karma 4013 | avg karma 2.53 · | 2019-10-18 18:38:01+00:00

The issue is that it's not just salt, but contains many other minerals and contaminants.

Probably better to just dump it on the surface of the desert and let it dry up.

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azinman2 | karma 14541 | avg karma 2.7 · | 2015-04-12 20:42:30+00:00

Why can't we just eat the salt?

aqfamnzc | karma 391 | avg karma 1.97 · | 2023-12-05 11:46:59

Hmm, could it be salted somehow?

GhettoMaestro | karma 153 | avg karma 0.29 · | 2019-10-09 00:51:02+00:00

You could always salt it.

jaltekruse | karma 366 | avg karma 3.27 · | 2020-03-04 14:29:19

Might be able to replace the salt with something like fertilizer beads.

quickthrower2 | karma 24182 | avg karma 1.71 · | 2022-12-01 13:31:26

Then salt the earth

Simulacra | karma 2212 | avg karma 0.92 · | 2019-01-15 16:41:26

I think the problem of salt is a much bigger problem than we realize it. It's toxic, you can't burn it for fuel, and you can't really do anything with it except store it. Are there other ways of disposing of salt without repercussions?

inetknght | karma 7946 | avg karma 2.72 · | 2021-08-05 16:55:01

Where would you even get that much salt anyway? The ocean perhaps?

squarefoot | karma 13102 | avg karma 2.95 · | 2022-08-25 18:09:37

I wonder what they could do with all that salt, as releasing it in the environment isn't exactly safe. Would be there any uses for the huge quantities involved?

throwaway894345 | karma 15075 | avg karma 2.31 · | 2021-06-09 15:06:25+00:00

I wonder if the salt can be converted into a useful byproduct? Or else if it can be disposed of in an environmentally-friendly way?

raverbashing | karma 22421 | avg karma 1.64 · | 2016-05-04 13:22:51+00:00

Or, you know, you sell it as salt

(though you might need more sun and space for that)

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dogma1138 | karma 17831 | avg karma 2.04 · | 2018-04-23 02:59:21

We already do it when making salt. We just throw most of the none NaCL salts away.

jartelt | karma 1592 | avg karma 4.11 · | 2019-01-15 17:01:25

I think it's most likely that it would just get buried or piled up somewhere. Salt is not really a high value product, so I wouldn't be surprised if desal plants had to pay people to take the salt from them.

kome | karma 4145 | avg karma 2.73 · | 2023-09-28 06:10:54

Sorry for the extremely ignorant comment: but can't salt be solidified and stored somewhere as waste? and then maybe sold as food or for industrial uses?

Surely it would be more efficient than salt pans or mining salt as we do today...

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hammyhavoc | karma 3326 | avg karma 1.23 · | 2023-05-11 00:12:04

Yes, I would take it with a very large can of salt.

pbhjpbhj | karma 20396 | avg karma 1.24 · | 2022-08-03 10:16:44

Harvest the salt too, bonus!

refurb | karma 27208 | avg karma 1.53 · | 2023-07-08 09:03:31

You realize these piles of salt are right next to natural piles of salt?