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Device that can extract 1,000 liters of clean water a day from desert air revealed by 2025 Nobel Prize winner (www.tomshardware.com)
submitted 5 months ago by Innerworld@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/59925291

The system can function in air with 20% humidity or less. But these 1,000 liter a day machines are not small, at around shipping container size.

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[–] MolochHorridus@lemmy.ml 0 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Yet again, nobody seems to be giving a thought what this means to organisms that are living in the desert. This water is necessary for life and we’re taking it.

[–] Spaceballstheusername@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

You can't really consume water especially if you take it out of the air. Worst case you temporarily barrow it till it evaporates again it's not like the water is suddenly gonna be pumped out to the ocean or something.

[–] KaChilde@sh.itjust.works 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Do you think they are condensing 1000L of water to then just splash it on the ground where it was farmed? That water is going to people (or more likely companies) that are going to leave the ecosystem.

[–] Spaceballstheusername@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

At how expensive it would be to get the water it wouldn't make sense to ship the water off to somewhere else that already has water.