And it is also extremely suitable for potential customers in terms of environmental protection. First, it is an extremely effective way of removing sulfur dioxide. Often, its efficiency exceeds those conventional methods for desulfurization. Secondly, using seawater as an absorbent can drastically reduce operating costs because it is no more expensive than any other water, and because no special treatment is needed in order for this pure liquid to function properly. Another benefit: this process with its finite resources—seawater—produces no byproducts that require disposal environmentally. For companies, these advantages include reduced producer prices, freedom from onerous regulation through cheap but useless chemicals, and a positive image because green technology is adopted. Moreover, systems for seawater FGD are relatively simple and cheap to run maintain, resulting in a reduction of both maintenance costs and increased reliability for the whole system.