We're going to have to Science the shit out of this...

[4est_4est_Gump]

You can’t squeeze blood from a stone, but wringing water from the desert sky is now possible, thanks to a new spongelike device that uses sunlight to suck water vapor from air, even in low humidity. The device can produce nearly 3 liters of water per day, and researchers say future versions will be even better. That means homes in the driest parts of the world could soon have a solar-powered appliance capable of delivering all the water they need, offering relief to billions of people.

There are an estimated 13 trillion liters of water floating in the atmosphere at any one time, equivalent to 10% of all of the freshwater in our planet’s lakes and rivers. Over the years, researchers have developed ways to grab a few trickles, such as using fine nets to wick water from fog banks, or power-hungry dehumidifiers to condense it out of the air. But both approaches require either very humid air or far too much electricity to be broadly useful.

To find an all-purpose solution, researchers led by Omar Yaghi, a chemist at the University of California, Berkeley, turned to a family of crystalline powders called metal organic frameworks, or MOFs. Yaghi developed the first MOFs—porous crystals that form continuous 3D networks—more than 20 years ago. The networks assemble in a Tinkertoy-like fashion from metal atoms that act as the hubs and sticklike organic compounds that link the hubs together. By choosing different metals and organics, chemists can dial in the properties of each MOF, controlling what gases bind to them, and how strongly they hold on.

http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/04/new-solar-powered-device-can-pull-water-straight-desert-air

 

[Libsam]

Quick!!! Somebody call Captain Planet to stop this man-made climate change!!!

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

*chuckle*


And he shall make deserts bloom...

 

[BellaKat92]

Well I love the Martian so the quote is awesome.

As for the find sounds like a good thing to be looking into. I'm sure some company will buy up the research and bury it so they can continue to make it very expensive to get water in those areas.

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

Well I love the Martian so the quote is awesome.

As for the find sounds like a good thing to be looking into. I'm sure some company will buy up the research and bury it so they can continue to make it very expensive to get water in those areas.

Glad you caught that.

 

[BellaKat92]

Glad you caught that.

Just call me pessimistic when it comes to people and profit versus progress.

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

Don't want to provoke a fight until we get a chance to know each other, but profits lead to capital, capital leads to investment, investment leads to progress.


Let me ask you this: are you at the age to have a 401K or similar retirement account?

 

[LIVINRFANTASIES]

Denny

Don't want to provoke a fight until we get a chance to know each other, but profits lead to capital, capital leads to investment, investment leads to progress.


Let me ask you this: are you at the age to have a 401K or similar retirement account?

What's that got to do with the price of water in a desert?

 

[hashtag46]

Wow. That's revulutionary, indeed.
I wonder if it could be carried further like putting them in the ground or something.

 

[hashtag46]

Well I love the Martian so the quote is awesome.

As for the find sounds like a good thing to be looking into. I'm sure some company will buy up the research and bury it so they can continue to make it very expensive to get water in those areas.

Unfortunately you might be right.

 

[hashtag46]

Obama should donate his Nobel prize to this guy.

One brought death to the Middle East, the other could well bring life to it.

 

[BoyNextDoor]

http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/04/new-solar-powered-device-can-pull-water-straight-desert-air

That is pretty much the livelihood on Tatooine

http://68.media.tumblr.com/b6b339e7cdb7212de990ae79b88e1eea/tumblr_o7x62gcKrd1v1u56ko1_540.jpg

 

[Ishmael]

http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/04/new-solar-powered-device-can-pull-water-straight-desert-air

All sorts of applications for that. I wonder how big it is? Remember the water vapor recapturing breathing devices that the Fremen used in Dune?

Ishmael

 

[VaticanAssassin]

And how would capturing water from air change natural rain fall.....

 

[BoyNextDoor]

And how would capturing water from air change natural rain fall.....

Fake News. Man can't change climate.

 

[Ms_Ann]

What was it the Sam Kinison said...You live in a desert. Move...or something like that. Maybe it was about food...

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

Wow. That's revulutionary, indeed.
I wonder if it could be carried further like putting them in the ground or something.

I think you just need a soaker hose...

All sorts of applications for that. I wonder how big it is? Remember the water vapor recapturing breathing devices that the Fremen used in Dune?

Ishmael

Indeed I do. Great book, horrible movies.

His kid is churning out book after book after book retelling the story from different points of view. I guess that keeps fans happy and earns a living...

 

[thør]

There's always billboards.

 

[BellaKat92]

Don't want to provoke a fight until we get a chance to know each other, but profits lead to capital, capital leads to investment, investment leads to progress.


Let me ask you this: are you at the age to have a 401K or similar retirement account?

I do have a 401K.

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

Has it been doing as well as mine has?

 

[Parminderjeet]

Obama should donate his Nobel prize to this guy.

One brought death to the Middle East, the other could well bring life to it.

You're an idiot, paki boi.

 

[Wat_Tyler]

What was it the Sam Kinison said...You live in a desert. Move...or something like that. Maybe it was about food...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0q4o58pKwA

 

[AnAmericanDarling]

A group of Republicans. I guess Hell can indeed freeze over.

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

Another example of PTSD???

 

[hsnh]

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Good bump. Good thread.