Salt, NaCl, Sodium Chloride.

[Karnuvap]

Originally Posted by Michaelangelica

This could work but have a look at it in reality. It is a big job requiring a lot of energy.
Say the coast of NSW. to get water inland you would need 200+ miles of pipe. Water would need to be lifted 1,000 +? m over the Blue Mountains

I was thinking more of those places where the desert is close to the coast (and not the other side of a mountain range!)

I like your idea of allowing the extra-salty water to get back to the sea while also using it to pre-heat the incoming sea water on its way to the evaporation pools. Every little bit helps.

I also think that anything that help sea evaporation is also good. I have seen some plans for giant fountains that spray water into the sky above the surface of the sea and it evaporates on the way down - thus creating clouds that will, hopefully drop their rain over land.

We can only hope that someone will take these ideas and turn them into reality.

The Vap.

[Michaelangelica]

New rice hybrid grows on salty lands
Last Updated(Beijing Time):2008-10-14 08:02
A Chinese scientist announced Monday in Shenzhen that he has successfully developed hybridized rice that could grow in salina - land areas or bodies of water encrusted with crystalline salt.

"The experiment in Shandong province showed the hybridized rice could survive in salina, and the output for 1 mu (about 667 sq m) of land could reach 360 kg," Zhu Peikun, inventor of the technology, said.

Ordinary rice died when researchers attempted to grow it on the same land, he said.

He began studying the possibility of hybridizing Spartina - a plant species commonly known as "cord grass" that flourishes in coastal salt marshes - with rice in 2003.
'"Our goal wasn't to develop a rice variety that appeared like cord grass but rather, one that lived like cord grass," he said.

"China has about 1.48 billion mu of salina, nearly three-fourths of its total cultivatable land. If my invention could be applied, it could help dramatically increase the country's grain output."

New rice hybrid grows on salty lands_Sci&Tech--China Economic Net

[Michaelangelica]

High Salt Levels In Food Banished By Seaweed

ScienceDaily (Sep. 18, 2008) — High salt levels in processed food could be a thing of the past, thanks to new research which has found that a certain type of seaweed can be used as a natural, health boosting alternative that doesn't affect the taste or adversely affect the shelf life of the food.
In a project that could revolutionise the food industry and improve the health of millions, researchers at Sheffield Hallam University have been working with Seagreens® to develop the use of seaweed granules as an alternative to salt (sodium chloride) in processed food.

Around 75 per cent of our daily salt intake comes from processed foods, with the average adult consuming 50 per cent more salt than the recommended limit of six grams per day.

Too much salt can lead to high blood pressure, which triples a person's chances of suffering a heart attack or stroke. Experts predict that if all adults cut their salt intake down to recommended levels then 70,000 heart attacks and strokes would be prevented each year in the UK.

High Salt Levels In Food Banished By Seaweed
A fad or fairdinkum?
http://www.seagreens.com/