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A nuclear reactor and water purifiers are also useful for humanitarian response.
by Kalium 10y ago
A nuclear reactor and water purifiers are also useful for humanitarian response.
- TheSpiceIsLife 10y agoThe Nimitz class carries come with a lot of fun facts, including this one: Distillation plants providing 400,000 gallons of fresh water from sea water daily, enough for 2,000 homes.[1] What's a gallon? 1,514,164 litres a day! 1. http://www.public.navy.mil/airfor/cvn71/Pages/FACTSANDFIGURES.aspx http://www.public.navy.mil/airfor/cvn71/Pages/FACTSANDFIGURE...
- hga 10y agoIndeed, some people twitted "What use is it to seen a carrier to help with the Indonesian tsunami?", and this was pointed out, plus its fleet of helicopters which can be used to deliver the water and whatever food stores were on the ship that could be spared for this. And in terms of pure survival, depending on how hot it was and the resulting sweating, 400,000 gallons of water could save many, many people (the problem would be delivery, they've got only so many helicopters).