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23rd Mar 2011
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24th Mar 2011
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RE: Invention uses sunlight to produce clean water
This is a wonderful invention!
Posted by kanelalee
23rd Mar 2011
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This is a copy of prior art
This concept was found in life rafts all over the world in the 1980's when I first saw it. It was called solar water distilling and was used to make drinking water for those stranded on a life raft. I think a friend that sailed around the western Pacific used one on the boat for drinking water.
Posted by fitobetied
23rd Mar 2011
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RE: Invention uses sunlight to produce clean water
A lightweight version might be a cool gadget for backpacking trips.
Posted by hoodedswan
23rd Mar 2011
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RE: Invention uses sunlight to produce clean water
I must be missing something here "...making it well suited to people in hot, wet, tropical climates". What ever happened to the concept of collecting good old, free, rain water. Homes in Burmuda get 100% of their potable water by collecting rain water from their roofs. It may not be high-teck but it is certainly cheap and effective.
Posted by ruellej@...
23rd Mar 2011
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Posted by @fredsko
23rd Mar 2011
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RE: Invention uses sunlight to produce clean water
Perhaps there really is "nothing new under the sun" as we reported on a similar invention in 2007, though this one simply used existing plastic bottles. You can read about it and see a short video at http://ec.europa.eu/research/infocentre/article_en.cfm?id=/research/star/index_en.cfm?p=15_main&item=Success%20stories&artid=3678
Posted by gosdest
24th Mar 2011
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I think that anything that cleans contaminated water in the world
is very welcome. the simpler to use the better it will work. That using sunlight to purify water is not new, does not matter. If it can be given out to needy areas, anywhere, the benefits are enormous.
Posted by DadsPad
24th Mar 2011
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RE: Invention uses sunlight to produce clean water
Not new, but nevertheless works without power or high tech parts, being very low cost, reliable etc. Clearly a case where less is more.
This is a lesson for those who are trying to achieve the same thing with "more", obviously with high-stupid-tech.
I think, with such easy, simple, low-cost solutions to water problem (in large scale), there won't be any water crisis in a few decades as many predict, saying that water will be "the most expensive liquid".
This is a lesson for those who are trying to achieve the same thing with "more", obviously with high-stupid-tech.
I think, with such easy, simple, low-cost solutions to water problem (in large scale), there won't be any water crisis in a few decades as many predict, saying that water will be "the most expensive liquid".
Posted by Administrator.
24th Mar 2011