From: Billy Brown (bbrown@transcient.com)
Date: Tue Nov 23 1999 - 14:34:44 MST
ronkean@juno.com wrote:
> On a nuclear powered ship (submarine or surface) there is plenty of energy
> available, so that technique could be used. But still, it would probably
be
> cheaper for a nuclear powered surface ship to store fresh water obtained
from
> on-shore sources than it would be to make fresh water from seawater.
Actually, virtually all Navy vessels of any significant size use this
approach, whether they are nuclear powered or not. It is probably a bit
more expensive than just storing water for short trips, but the power
requirements aren't all that large compared with what you're burning to move
the ship.
Billy Brown, MCSE+I
bbrown@transcient.com
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