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by gpm 3733 days ago
> It would, but it would most likely be less efficient than filtering the water you're floating in :)

To put some numbers to this, they have achieved ~1kwh / L, wikipedia [0] puts reverse-osmosis desalination at ~3kwh / 1000 L

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverse_osmosis#Desalination