I was looking for just how expensive desalination would cost, using ocean water.. Google says &quot;[d]esalinated water typically costs about $2,000 an acre foot -- roughly the amount of water a family of five uses in a year.&quot;<p>Here is an article from a few years back, targeting 17 deslination plants by this year&#x27;s July.<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.cbsnews.com&#x2F;news&#x2F;getting-clean-water-from-the-sea-at-a-high-price&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.cbsnews.com&#x2F;news&#x2F;getting-clean-water-from-the-sea...</a><p>The ending is so sad. Earlier this year gasoline was at as low as $1.3 here where I live in NYC (or even less I honestly can&#x27;t remember how low!) Right now the gasoline price is at 2.37 where I live.<p>&gt; &quot;I do see that water is the next oil,&quot; Webber notes, &quot;that water is the great resource of the 21st century over which battles [will be] fought, money is invested.&quot;<p>So here is what we need to do. Please invest more into desalination process. Make is so cheap we can produce water at a low cost.