3_layers_deep t1_j223otj wrote on December 29, 2022 at 2:27 AM

Reply to comment by remek in UIUC Researchers propose a new way to get fresh water from seawater, without the disadvantages of traditional desalination. They say that a vertical “capture surface” that is 210 m wide and 100 m tall, could extract enough vapor floating above warm oceans to supply 500,000 people with freshwater by lughnasadh

Because the "shortage" is entirely down to agriculture and it is not cost competitive to grow crops at these prices. Its fairly easy to meet residential water demand.