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This new solar-powered device can pull water straight from the desert air
Science Magazine ^
| Apr. 13, 2017
| Robert Service
Posted on 04/13/2017 7:55:01 PM PDT by Innovative
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It is a HUGE discovery, if indeed it works.
It is very hard to believe, especially that they could do this in large quantities.
But the fact that they developed this at a US university adds to its credibility.
To: Innovative
Moisture vaporators, just like on Tatooine.
CC
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posted on
04/13/2017 8:14:03 PM PDT
by
Celtic Conservative
(CC: purveyor of cryptic, snarky posts since December, 2000..)
To: Innovative
"There are an estimated 13 trillion liters of water floating in the atmosphere at any one time"
10 trillion of those liters are in Tennessee air!
To: Innovative
Now if they'd only find a way to make droid motivators that don't blow up.
To: Innovative
It is very hard to believe, especially that they could do this in large quantities. What will that do to climate change since water vapor is a green house gas.
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posted on
04/13/2017 8:26:05 PM PDT
by
itsahoot
(As long as there is money to be divided, there will be division.)
To: Innovative
Wow, sounds like a real innovation.
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posted on
04/13/2017 8:27:41 PM PDT
by
bigbob
To: Innovative
To: Telepathic Intruder
Now if they'd only find a way to make droid motivators that don't blow up.That's always been a problem, has it not?
CA....
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posted on
04/13/2017 8:33:41 PM PDT
by
Chances Are
(Seems I've found that silly grin again....)
To: Innovative
This could help those in the desert like, in the Arabia be sure to get all the water they need to drink every day!
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posted on
04/13/2017 8:33:57 PM PDT
by
ichabod1
(I call Obama "osama" because he damaged us far more than Osama bin Ladin ever did.)
To: Innovative
What will be the effect of sucking all that water out of the dessert air?
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posted on
04/13/2017 9:11:01 PM PDT
by
fella
("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
To: itsahoot
Sucking all that moisture from the air can’t be a good idea.
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posted on
04/13/2017 9:13:41 PM PDT
by
smokingfrog
( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
To: Innovative
Prepper alert. Have several of these on hand.
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posted on
04/13/2017 9:18:16 PM PDT
by
upchuck
(Be strong, but not rude; be kind, but not weak; be bold, but not bully; be thoughtful, but not lazy.)
To: Innovative
I’m sure the insane leftists are already working feverishly to prove sucking all the moisture from the air will cause global warming to increase and the seas to rise.
Women and children hurt first and the most.
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posted on
04/13/2017 9:25:18 PM PDT
by
upchuck
(Be strong, but not rude; be kind, but not weak; be bold, but not bully; be thoughtful, but not lazy.)
To: Innovative
I dunno, it seems to me that the desert lives off the existing moisture in the air. Sucking the water vapor in a large capacity might lead to killing of all existing desert fauna.
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posted on
04/13/2017 9:26:24 PM PDT
by
BreitbartSentMe
(RIP Andrew Breitbart - first soldier in the Great Meme War - MAGA!)
To: Telepathic Intruder
Nah, it’s just them cheap R5 units. Get yourself an R4 and you won’t have those problems.
CC
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posted on
04/13/2017 9:28:27 PM PDT
by
Celtic Conservative
(CC: purveyor of cryptic, snarky posts since December, 2000..)
To: ichabod1
This could help those in the desert like, in the Arabia be sure to get all the water they need to drink every day! They don't need it - they can just drink camel pee.
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posted on
04/13/2017 9:34:37 PM PDT
by
JaguarXKE
(n1973: Reporters investigate All the President's Men. 2013: Reporters ARE all the President's men d)
To: Innovative
So-called “air wells” are an ancient technology; so the concept of extracting water from desert air isn’t new. However, the old air-well technology involves a lot of massive stones. This new tech operates on different principles, and appears to be much more portable, and to require much less space.
To: Innovative
so they are creating dew ?
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posted on
04/13/2017 9:39:41 PM PDT
by
stylin19a
(Terrorists - "just because you don't see them doesn't mean they aren't there")
To: Innovative
Nothing new. I saw this type of technology demonstrated in Namibia years ago.
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posted on
04/13/2017 9:47:54 PM PDT
by
stormer
To: Celtic Conservative
It’s the red ones that always do that.
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