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This Device Sucks Drinking Water Out of Dry Desert Air, Powered Only by The Sun
« on: June 09, 2018, 04:24:29 pm »
This Device Sucks Drinking Water Out of Dry Desert Air, Powered Only by The Sun

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When it comes to future challenges, one of the biggest will be water scarcity - on a warming planet we're going to have plenty of seawater, but not enough fresh, clean water in the right places for everybody to drink.

And while a lot of research has focussed on desalination, a team of scientists have now come up with another possible solution - a device that pulls fresh water out of thin air, even in the middle of the desert. All it needs is sunlight.

https://www.sciencealert.com/this-revolutionary-device-sucks-drinking-water-out-of-dry-desert-air-powered-only-by-the-sun
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Re: This Device Sucks Drinking Water Out of Dry Desert Air, Powered Only by The Sun
« Reply #1 on: June 10, 2018, 01:29:05 am »
Law of "unintended" consequences...pulling whatever moisture is in the desert air is sure to affect the biology of said desert.  Desal is the way to go...
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« Reply #2 on: June 10, 2018, 01:42:41 am »
Great invention as long as you can keep the Jawas from getting their hands on it.
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« Reply #3 on: June 10, 2018, 01:47:42 am »
It is also almost complete woo. Some of you all may remember Thunderfoot from DC. He is a nuclear scientist in the UK and has done some debunking videos of some of these miracle technologies.


http://youtu.be/LVsqIjAeeXw

Kind of like solar roadways and the hyperloop, their real intention is to generate money from investors.
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Re: This Device Sucks Drinking Water Out of Dry Desert Air, Powered Only by The Sun
« Reply #4 on: June 10, 2018, 06:34:25 am »
Quote from: AbaraXas on June 10, 2018, 01:47:42 am
Kind of like solar roadways and the hyperloop, their real intention is to generate money from investors.
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« Reply #5 on: June 10, 2018, 06:38:29 am »
Quote from: SZonian on June 10, 2018, 01:29:05 am
Law of "unintended" consequences...pulling whatever moisture is in the desert air is sure to affect the biology of said desert.  Desal is the way to go...
Drill down, you'll find water. De sal as needed, inject the leftover brine back into the same formation a few miles away. I worked a well in Nevada where the water was only 200 ppm Chlorides--it looked like oil on the resistivity log. BLM lease, permit to produce oil, not water. P&A.
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« Reply #6 on: June 10, 2018, 02:25:40 pm »
Quote from: Smokin Joe on June 10, 2018, 06:38:29 am
Drill down, you'll find water. De sal as needed, inject the leftover brine back into the same formation a few miles away. I worked a well in Nevada where the water was only 200 ppm Chlorides--it looked like oil on the resistivity log. BLM lease, permit to produce oil, not water. P&A.

The whole point is that the people don't have the ability to drill, especially in hard-rock areas.

Let alone desal.
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Re: This Device Sucks Drinking Water Out of Dry Desert Air, Powered Only by The Sun
« Reply #7 on: June 10, 2018, 02:47:53 pm »
Quote from: Smokin Joe on June 10, 2018, 06:38:29 am
Drill down, you'll find water. De sal as needed, inject the leftover brine back into the same formation a few miles away. I worked a well in Nevada where the water was only 200 ppm Chlorides--it looked like oil on the resistivity log. BLM lease, permit to produce oil, not water. P&A.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/aug/19/california-sinking-groundwater-pumped-drought
Vast areas of California are sinking as groundwater is pumped in drought
Research shows that in some places the ground is sinking nearly two inches each month, putting infrastructure on the surface at growing risk of damage

https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/communities/northeast/article/Aquifer-levels-sinking-fast-5285675.php
Aquifer levels sinking fast


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« Reply #8 on: June 10, 2018, 05:31:22 pm »
Quote from: Elderberry on June 10, 2018, 02:47:53 pm
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/aug/19/california-sinking-groundwater-pumped-drought
Vast areas of California are sinking as groundwater is pumped in drought
Research shows that in some places the ground is sinking nearly two inches each month, putting infrastructure on the surface at growing risk of damage

https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/communities/northeast/article/Aquifer-levels-sinking-fast-5285675.php
Aquifer levels sinking fast
We're gonna be like Mexico City in places, where the ground floor has disappeared into the ground in some areas.

Bad thing is, it damages the aquifer so it's irreversible.
And many areas of the US are using up groundwater faster than precipitation can replace it.
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Re: This Device Sucks Drinking Water Out of Dry Desert Air, Powered Only by The Sun
« Reply #9 on: June 10, 2018, 06:07:24 pm »
Lucas had this figured out long ago:

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