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RedCedar

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03/11/19

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Originally posted by RedCedar: ↑

Draining 1cm of water from the oceans is a huge amount of water!

The combined area of the world's seas is about 360 million sq. km.

Given 1 cm = 1/100, 000 km

So 1 cm of of the world's seas equals;

360, 000, 000 ÷ 100, 000 cubic km

equals 3600 cubic km. or an area of 3600 square km holding 1 km depth of water.

Maybe when we achieve unlimited and cheap energy we can desalinate water on a large scale.

If nuclear fusion is achieved then we can look forward to mega seawater desalination plants.

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This is enough water to fill

7200 Sydney harbours!
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