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If this is deployed at scale, I wonder how this would impact the plants and animals that depend on that water.
by itake 2y ago
If this is deployed at scale, I wonder how this would impact the plants and animals that depend on that water.
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- crazygringo 2y agoIn absolutely no way whatsoever. First of all, the proportion of water from the atmosphere would be absolutely minuscule. But second, people drink the water and then breathe the moisture back into the air, or pee it and it winds up back in the water cycle.
- 101011 2y agoI’m not saying one way or the other, but “minuscule” varies on the scale and just because there’s a closed loop cycle doesn’t mean there’s not a local impact to removing water from the area.
- hinkley 2y agoLocal being your neighbors downwind.
- cogman10 2y ago> But second, people drink the water and then breathe the moisture back into the air, or pee it and it winds up back in the water cycle. Not for nothing, but in really arid locations (like las vegas for example) human consumed water is fairly well captured. The water cycle ends up looking like a series of plumbing turning piss into potable water.
- hinkley 2y agoIf your condensers drain into the sewer system, and its so hot outside that people are obliged to stay indoors… yeah for the part of the year where water matters the most I could see what you’re saying being true.
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- wavemode 2y agoThat is an exceptionally uncharitable reading of his comment.
- hinkley 2y agoWe have lived through too many cycles of unintended consequences to entertain the idea that today's idea promising a free lunch will be fare any better than the last one million, three hundred eighty seven thousand, four hundred and eleven free lunch ideas. There are no free lunches. And the only free water or energy are those you can scavenge from existing waste. And even then, restrictions apply. The moisture in the air you exhale reduces evaporation downwind from you. Or increases precipitation. People fight over water. This thread started with the phrase, "If this was deployed at scale". Context matters. ETA: The best use for tech like this is going to be dehumidification in places where water is a problem. The Pacific Northwest. Thailand. Warehouses. But these places don't typically have shortages of water, unless it's shortages of potable water.
- masayune 2y agoI'm glad my peeing into the wind is helping the circle of life
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