Device could bring both solar power and clean water to millions

[Tommy Tainant]

Device could bring both solar power and clean water to millions

A device that can produce electricity from sunlight while simultaneously purifying water has been produced by researchers, an invention they say could solve two problems in one stroke.

The researchers say the device is not only a source of green energy but also offers an alternative to current technologies for purifying water. These, they add, often consume large amounts of electricity and require infrastructure beyond the reach of many communities that lack basic access to safe drinking water – a situation thought to affect more than 780 million people worldwide.
Surely we can all agree that this is a good thing.

 

[Dekster]

Meh it only desalinates salt water. It is only limited in its usefulness to shorelines.

 

[Third Party]

Device could bring both solar power and clean water to millions

A device that can produce electricity from sunlight while simultaneously purifying water has been produced by researchers, an invention they say could solve two problems in one stroke.

The researchers say the device is not only a source of green energy but also offers an alternative to current technologies for purifying water. These, they add, often consume large amounts of electricity and require infrastructure beyond the reach of many communities that lack basic access to safe drinking water – a situation thought to affect more than 780 million people worldwide.
Surely we can all agree that this is a good thing.

Cost?

 

[westwall]

Device could bring both solar power and clean water to millions

A device that can produce electricity from sunlight while simultaneously purifying water has been produced by researchers, an invention they say could solve two problems in one stroke.

The researchers say the device is not only a source of green energy but also offers an alternative to current technologies for purifying water. These, they add, often consume large amounts of electricity and require infrastructure beyond the reach of many communities that lack basic access to safe drinking water – a situation thought to affect more than 780 million people worldwide.
Surely we can all agree that this is a good thing.

Absolutely. if they can get it to work that would be a truly great thing.

 

[Pogo]

Device could bring both solar power and clean water to millions

A device that can produce electricity from sunlight while simultaneously purifying water has been produced by researchers, an invention they say could solve two problems in one stroke.

The researchers say the device is not only a source of green energy but also offers an alternative to current technologies for purifying water. These, they add, often consume large amounts of electricity and require infrastructure beyond the reach of many communities that lack basic access to safe drinking water – a situation thought to affect more than 780 million people worldwide.
Surely we can all agree that this is a good thing.

Surely we can, yet wags here will bend over backward to find ways not to.

Oh I see a couple already have. The typical "will never work" wankers.

 

[Camp]

Meh it only desalinates salt water. It is only limited in its usefulness to shorelines.

Hardly anyone in the world lives on shorelines.

 

[Tommy Tainant]

Device could bring both solar power and clean water to millions

A device that can produce electricity from sunlight while simultaneously purifying water has been produced by researchers, an invention they say could solve two problems in one stroke.

The researchers say the device is not only a source of green energy but also offers an alternative to current technologies for purifying water. These, they add, often consume large amounts of electricity and require infrastructure beyond the reach of many communities that lack basic access to safe drinking water – a situation thought to affect more than 780 million people worldwide.
Surely we can all agree that this is a good thing.

Surely we can, yet wags here will bend over backward to find ways not to.

Oh I see a couple already have. The typical "will never work" wankers.

I didnt mention it but I understand it only comes in one colour. Massive downside.

 

[westwall]

Device could bring both solar power and clean water to millions

A device that can produce electricity from sunlight while simultaneously purifying water has been produced by researchers, an invention they say could solve two problems in one stroke.

The researchers say the device is not only a source of green energy but also offers an alternative to current technologies for purifying water. These, they add, often consume large amounts of electricity and require infrastructure beyond the reach of many communities that lack basic access to safe drinking water – a situation thought to affect more than 780 million people worldwide.
Surely we can all agree that this is a good thing.

Cost?

Trust me, if it works the cost would be next to nil as it got scaled up for production. And who cares anyway. 780 million people, able to work better because they aren't sick would ultimately pay for them anyway.

 

[ABikerSailor]

Meh it only desalinates salt water. It is only limited in its usefulness to shorelines.

Meh it only desalinates salt water. It is only limited in its usefulness to shorelines.

Hardly anyone in the world lives on shorelines.

Hate to tell both of you, but 40 percent of the world population is within 100 k. of coastal shoreline.

https://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/es/papers/Coastal_Zone_Pop_Method.pdf

 

[Tommy Tainant]

Meh it only desalinates salt water. It is only limited in its usefulness to shorelines.

Meh it only desalinates salt water. It is only limited in its usefulness to shorelines.

Hardly anyone in the world lives on shorelines.

Hate to tell both of you, but 40 percent of the world population is within 100 k. of coastal shoreline.

https://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/es/papers/Coastal_Zone_Pop_Method.pdf

For a country like Saudi it could be transforming.

 

[westwall]

Meh it only desalinates salt water. It is only limited in its usefulness to shorelines.

Meh it only desalinates salt water. It is only limited in its usefulness to shorelines.

Hardly anyone in the world lives on shorelines.

Hate to tell both of you, but 40 percent of the world population is within 100 k. of coastal shoreline.

https://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/es/papers/Coastal_Zone_Pop_Method.pdf

For a country like Saudi it could be transforming.

Not really, Saudi Arabia already has the most extensive desal plants in the world. Africa, and India, is where this would be revolutionary

 

[ABikerSailor]

Meh it only desalinates salt water. It is only limited in its usefulness to shorelines.

Meh it only desalinates salt water. It is only limited in its usefulness to shorelines.

Hardly anyone in the world lives on shorelines.

Hate to tell both of you, but 40 percent of the world population is within 100 k. of coastal shoreline.

https://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/es/papers/Coastal_Zone_Pop_Method.pdf

For a country like Saudi it could be transforming.

On my cable provider, there is a channel called "create" that shows all sorts of "do it yourself" stuff, or cooking shows, or other alternative programming.

On one of those shows, they were taking a tour of a brewery in FL. One of the things that made it so interesting is that they had those devices to make water from the air. The really cool thing about it was that the water they got from the air didn't have any minerals in it, and if they wanted to, they could duplicate water from any where on the planet, simply by adding certain minerals to the water they extracted from the air.

They said that was one of the reasons their German style beer was so good. They made it with water that was a mineral match for what it was in Germany.

 

[Tommy Tainant]

Meh it only desalinates salt water. It is only limited in its usefulness to shorelines.

Meh it only desalinates salt water. It is only limited in its usefulness to shorelines.

Hardly anyone in the world lives on shorelines.

Hate to tell both of you, but 40 percent of the world population is within 100 k. of coastal shoreline.

https://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/es/papers/Coastal_Zone_Pop_Method.pdf

For a country like Saudi it could be transforming.

On my cable provider, there is a channel called "create" that shows all sorts of "do it yourself" stuff, or cooking shows, or other alternative programming.

On one of those shows, they were taking a tour of a brewery in FL. One of the things that made it so interesting is that they had those devices to make water from the air. The really cool thing about it was that the water they got from the air didn't have any minerals in it, and if they wanted to, they could duplicate water from any where on the planet, simply by adding certain minerals to the water they extracted from the air.

They said that was one of the reasons their German style beer was so good. They made it with water that was a mineral match for what it was in Germany.

Better beer is a noble cause.

 

[Tommy Tainant]

Meh it only desalinates salt water. It is only limited in its usefulness to shorelines.

Meh it only desalinates salt water. It is only limited in its usefulness to shorelines.

Hardly anyone in the world lives on shorelines.

Hate to tell both of you, but 40 percent of the world population is within 100 k. of coastal shoreline.

https://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/es/papers/Coastal_Zone_Pop_Method.pdf

For a country like Saudi it could be transforming.

Not really, Saudi Arabia already has the most extensive desal plants in the world. Africa, and India, is where this would be revolutionary

They need water in England so they can stop stealing ours.

 

[ABikerSailor]

Meh it only desalinates salt water. It is only limited in its usefulness to shorelines.

Meh it only desalinates salt water. It is only limited in its usefulness to shorelines.

Hardly anyone in the world lives on shorelines.

Hate to tell both of you, but 40 percent of the world population is within 100 k. of coastal shoreline.

https://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/es/papers/Coastal_Zone_Pop_Method.pdf

For a country like Saudi it could be transforming.

On my cable provider, there is a channel called "create" that shows all sorts of "do it yourself" stuff, or cooking shows, or other alternative programming.

On one of those shows, they were taking a tour of a brewery in FL. One of the things that made it so interesting is that they had those devices to make water from the air. The really cool thing about it was that the water they got from the air didn't have any minerals in it, and if they wanted to, they could duplicate water from any where on the planet, simply by adding certain minerals to the water they extracted from the air.

They said that was one of the reasons their German style beer was so good. They made it with water that was a mineral match for what it was in Germany.

Better beer is a noble cause.

The coolest part was that the brewery extracted all water that they used from the air, they weren't connected in any way to the local water system.

 

[skookerasbil]

Device could bring both solar power and clean water to millions

A device that can produce electricity from sunlight while simultaneously purifying water has been produced by researchers, an invention they say could solve two problems in one stroke.

The researchers say the device is not only a source of green energy but also offers an alternative to current technologies for purifying water. These, they add, often consume large amounts of electricity and require infrastructure beyond the reach of many communities that lack basic access to safe drinking water – a situation thought to affect more than 780 million people worldwide.
Surely we can all agree that this is a good thing.

Will depend on one thing and one thing only s0n...............the cost.

Why do you think solar/wind power is still fringe after 25 years. The cost. Its astronomically high compared to fossil fuels. The only things that matters to world governments is the cost.

 

[skookerasbil]

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[Pogo]

Meh it only desalinates salt water. It is only limited in its usefulness to shorelines.

Meh it only desalinates salt water. It is only limited in its usefulness to shorelines.

Hardly anyone in the world lives on shorelines.

Hate to tell both of you, but 40 percent of the world population is within 100 k. of coastal shoreline.

https://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/es/papers/Coastal_Zone_Pop_Method.pdf

For a country like Saudi it could be transforming.

On my cable provider, there is a channel called "create" that shows all sorts of "do it yourself" stuff, or cooking shows, or other alternative programming.

On one of those shows, they were taking a tour of a brewery in FL. One of the things that made it so interesting is that they had those devices to make water from the air. The really cool thing about it was that the water they got from the air didn't have any minerals in it, and if they wanted to, they could duplicate water from any where on the planet, simply by adding certain minerals to the water they extracted from the air.

They said that was one of the reasons their German style beer was so good. They made it with water that was a mineral match for what it was in Germany.

Better beer is a noble cause.

Fortunately Ireland is right across the water.

 

[Tommy Tainant]

Meh it only desalinates salt water. It is only limited in its usefulness to shorelines.

Hardly anyone in the world lives on shorelines.

Hate to tell both of you, but 40 percent of the world population is within 100 k. of coastal shoreline.

https://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/es/papers/Coastal_Zone_Pop_Method.pdf

For a country like Saudi it could be transforming.

On my cable provider, there is a channel called "create" that shows all sorts of "do it yourself" stuff, or cooking shows, or other alternative programming.

On one of those shows, they were taking a tour of a brewery in FL. One of the things that made it so interesting is that they had those devices to make water from the air. The really cool thing about it was that the water they got from the air didn't have any minerals in it, and if they wanted to, they could duplicate water from any where on the planet, simply by adding certain minerals to the water they extracted from the air.

They said that was one of the reasons their German style beer was so good. They made it with water that was a mineral match for what it was in Germany.

Better beer is a noble cause.

Fortunately Ireland is right across the water.

Wrexham Lager - "Feed me till I want no more"

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[Pogo]

Hate to tell both of you, but 40 percent of the world population is within 100 k. of coastal shoreline.

https://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/es/papers/Coastal_Zone_Pop_Method.pdf

For a country like Saudi it could be transforming.

On my cable provider, there is a channel called "create" that shows all sorts of "do it yourself" stuff, or cooking shows, or other alternative programming.

On one of those shows, they were taking a tour of a brewery in FL. One of the things that made it so interesting is that they had those devices to make water from the air. The really cool thing about it was that the water they got from the air didn't have any minerals in it, and if they wanted to, they could duplicate water from any where on the planet, simply by adding certain minerals to the water they extracted from the air.

They said that was one of the reasons their German style beer was so good. They made it with water that was a mineral match for what it was in Germany.

Better beer is a noble cause.

Fortunately Ireland is right across the water.

Wrexham Lager - "Feed me till I want no more"

Caffrey's Ale from the tap in Dublin was just a whole 'nother level. Like nectar.