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Wouldn’t dry, arid, sunny places be the perfect fit for this, then? Solar power and a lack of preexisting water would probably make that scenario economically v
by alextheparrot 6y ago
Wouldn’t dry, arid, sunny places be the perfect fit for this, then? Solar power and a lack of preexisting water would probably make that scenario economically viable
- AlotOfReading 6y agoThe amount of energy you need goes up the less moisture there is in the air. The ideal conditions are moist, cool places with cheap electricity. Tropical conditions would have a shot at profitability, but you may as well desal whatever's already there than condense it.
- TimSchumann 6y agoExactly this. Desalination and transport is aways orders of Magnitude cheaper and more efficient. I don’t see this changing at any point in the near future. It’s phenomenally energy intensive to pull water out of the air in any quantity.