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by raidicy 1819 days ago
Stupid question. Can't we just let the brine evaporate and then compress the minerals left over?
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_rpd 1819 days ago
This is a common method of salt production ...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_salt

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nradov 1819 days ago
In theory sure, but that would consume huge areas of valuable coastal real estate. And we don't really need more salt.
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