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That is an exceptionally uncharitable reading of his comment.
by wavemode 2y ago
That 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.