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Their system uses a natural gel to absorb moisture out of relatively dry air of humidity levels of 15 to 30 percent. Other systems have shown success but only i
by origgm 4y ago
Their system uses a natural gel to absorb moisture out of relatively dry air of humidity levels of 15 to 30 percent. Other systems have shown success but only in high humidity of 70 percent and higher.
- BurningFrog 4y agoThanks! Any info on how much water, and if the gel "wears out"? If you can grab drinking water out of the air, and wifi from the village Starlink, rural third world life can improve quite a bit!
- origgm 4y agoNot sure on the wearing out, but agreed - these developments are encouraging to say the least.
- dylan604 4y agoSure that's a great idea, but at the rate we're going, first world will be needing this tech too in a not distant future.
- formerkrogemp 4y agoCalifornia, New Mexico, and Utah would like some water now thank you. I don't know if you consider them "first world" or not.
- foobarian 4y agoCalifornia is easy: just cut down all the almond trees, that will buy a few decades of runway.
- dylan604 4y agoI was being more nuanced. California should be the world's leading pioneer on desalinization, but nope. So maybe they can figure this out instead? (not holding my breath)
- formerkrogemp 4y agoI was being reductive. They should be on the forefront of water management. Didn't the state government cancel a few very large desalination plants recently? After Lakes Powell and Meade and the Colorado River dry up and after the snow caps melt and while precipitation stays reduced and the aquifers dry up and sinkholes appear, what do you think will happen to California agriculture and Silicon Valley? The lush valley turns into desert. How times change ..
- dylan604 4y agoIn the ice caps melt situation, I very much doubt that California will be alone in the needing of fresh water
- formerkrogemp 4y agoYikes, I meant to say the snow caps in the mountains. I've changed that now. But yeah, ice caps melting are really a question of when rather than if at this point sadly.
- dylan604 4y agodoes California still have snow caps?
- formerkrogemp 4y agoLast time I was there it did. But now, I guess not :(. https://news3lv.com/news/local/lake-meads-source-hows-the-snowpack-the-rockies https://news3lv.com/news/local/lake-meads-source-hows-the-sn...