Originally Posted by Shining Arcanine

I have a simple solution. Build nuclear power plants to provide energy for the desaltification of seawater. It would require a significant upfront investment, but with the huge profit margins that crude oil enjoys, such an investment should be economically feasible in the long run, and any company that makes it would become filthy rich while lowering energy prices for us. We would only need some private organization to make the upfront investment.