{"id":43346,"date":"2026-09-11T23:06:40","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T23:06:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wikisolver.org\/staging\/6797\/?p=43346"},"modified":"2026-09-15T15:43:24","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T15:43:24","slug":"specifics-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wikisolver.org\/staging\/6797\/specifics-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Specifics"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Caveats<\/mark><\/p>

This is not a treatise. Rather, it\u2019s an expanded explanation of\u00a0Figure 1<\/a>\u00a0and attendant preliminary calculations meant to encourage professionals in any and all relevant fields to either correct, validate or reject them.<\/p>

Parameters<\/mark>
Not only are local characteristics and circumstances unique, so are the ever-evolving boundaries of science and technology. As a result, all potential locations require substantial adjustments. This synopsis is\u00a0only about California<\/a>.<\/p>

Electricity and Hydrogen<\/mark>
Although electricity can be transmitted overland, it cannot be shipped across the ocean. In contrast, while not cheaply, hydrogen can be stored, piped, and shipped. Accordingly, non-landlocked countries with an abundant, reliable source of renewable energy such as geothermal (as in Iceland\u2019s case) or with high solar irradiance, and that are presently compelled to earn hard currency to pay for the hydrocarbons they consume, would have an extraordinary opportunity to flip their cash flow 180 degrees!<\/p>

Water<\/mark>
Since time immemorial humans have been largely at the mercy of the natural water cycle, even with reservoirs and desalination. And climate change is exacerbating the dependence. The rate at which glaciers are melting is\u00a0accelerating<\/a>\u00a0virtually everywhere, many of the world\u2019s great aquifers are\u00a0critically stressed<\/a>, some beyond the tipping point, and the planet\u2019s vast deserts cannot be irrigated to plant trees and grow additional food.<\/p>

Concept<\/mark>
This proposes a\u00a0three-phase<\/mark>\u00a0interaction between solar energy, seawater, hydrogen and gravity to generate a surplus of electricity and create a new source of pure water. The rationale for this proposal is explained\u00a0here<\/a>.\u00a0Phase 1<\/mark>\u00a0consists of excavating a\u00a0sea-level canal<\/a>\u00a0from the Pacific Ocean to Death Valley; a possible price tag of the project is\u00a0estimated here<\/a>. In\u00a0Phase 2<\/mark>\u00a0residential dwellings and solar farms transmit electricity to new\u00a0electrolysis plants<\/a>\u00a0in a (flooded) Death Valley. In\u00a0Phase 3<\/mark>\u00a0the hydrogen produced in\u00a0Phase 2<\/mark>\u00a0is used to generate electricity and produce steam. The steam is collected, condensed and stored at room temperature. Subsequently it is\u00a0piped by gravity<\/a>\u00a0to either a series of small cascading hydro generators on the side of the mountain or to a large generator at the bottom. Notably, expensive dams are not required.<\/p>

Since nothing on the scale of Death Valley has been tried before, it\u2019s impossible to know how many rooftops would participate or what the size and rated capacity of future solar farms might be. As a result, any projections of future performance might be inaccurate and misleading. Therefore, feasible goals might be considered such as:<\/p>

\u2022\u00a0Producing enough hydrogen to replace fossil fuels<\/a>\u00a0used in the state to power vehicles and generate electricity;<\/p>

\u2022 Creating a new source of water to make the California and Colorado River Aqueducts\u00a0superfluous<\/a>. Not only would that\u00a0save a lot of electricity<\/a>, surplus water might then be made available to the San Joaquin Valley, Nevada, Arizona, and northwestern Mexico.<\/p>

\u2022\u00a0Calculating<\/a>\u00a0how many rooftops equipped with solar panels would be required to produce the hydrogen that would replace the fossil fuels and produce the water.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Caveats This is not a treatise. Rather, it\u2019s an expanded explanation of\u00a0Figure 1\u00a0and attendant preliminary calculations meant to encourage professionals in any and all relevant fields to either correct, validate or reject them. ParametersNot only are local characteristics and circumstances unique, so are the ever-evolving boundaries of science and technology. As a result, all potential […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43346","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-solar"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wikisolver.org\/staging\/6797\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43346","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wikisolver.org\/staging\/6797\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wikisolver.org\/staging\/6797\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikisolver.org\/staging\/6797\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikisolver.org\/staging\/6797\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43346"}],"version-history":[{"count":42,"href":"https:\/\/wikisolver.org\/staging\/6797\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43346\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43529,"href":"https:\/\/wikisolver.org\/staging\/6797\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43346\/revisions\/43529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wikisolver.org\/staging\/6797\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikisolver.org\/staging\/6797\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikisolver.org\/staging\/6797\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}