...the article says otherwise, that we can, do, and increasingly will.

> can cost from just under $1 to well over $2 to produce one cubic meter (264 gallons) of desalted water from the ocean. That's about as much as two people in the U.S. typically go through in a day at home.

What am I missing here? Even if you triple the cost, people will pay a $180 water bill before living in a water scarcity situation.