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>> 
>> PS of course you could put the membrane only 500 or 1000 ft down and Pump the
>> water up.
>> Not quite so fancy (I love physics that looks like magic) But it would use
>> only around 30% of the energy of conventional reverse osmosis plants (no need
>> to compress the flow-by water) not to mention no containment pressure vessel
>> and hence the membranes don't have to be so compact to be cramed into pressure
>> vessels so they would be cheaper etc etc etc.
>
>John & Rhea Cook
>'Words don't grow on trees, you know' Me
>
There's just one snag to all of this.  The water around the base of
the tube will become increasingly salt and, unless there is a good
current down there to replace it with new sea water, the system will
stop working.  Sorry about that.  Ah well, back to the drawing board.

Rusty