<OT>We are going to be in trouble

[Jerry McBride]

On Tuesday 30 August 2005 12:43 am, Tony Alfrey wrote:
> Jerry McBride wrote:
>
> <snip>
>
> > Water distillation on large scale is very expensive... but it works. My
> > dad ran the water purification plant for the military on the Bermuda
> > island. It supplied the entire island and the military interest without
> > so much as a burp. In fact, when the process was cranked up to military
> > levels during rediness tests, there was so much excess fresh water they
> > had to dump it into the ocean. They literally made a river that flowed
> > from the base into the sea.
>
> How many kilowatt-hours per gallon??

This is the military... I don't think they cared. The purpose of the plant was 
to provide fresh water for the base and whatever navy vessel needed a drink.
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