Comments on: Producing water from thin air – dream or reality?

By: Gene

Gene — Mon, 17 May 2010 06:36:38 +0000

This technology is very interesting. It is a direction that Rio Tinto is looking into due to the remoteness of a number of its mine sites and its obligations to aboriginal communities on their lease land.

When you say that the 1,000 cubic meter production machine is breaking the cost barrier what are you referring to? What is that cost barrier?

I would be interested in learning more, is there someone you could put me in touch with.

Thanks.

By: Vikram

Vikram — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 16:05:26 +0000

That is indeed interesting! The technology uses heat absorption / exchange principles. How is it a patented technology?

By: avigdorluttinger

avigdorluttinger — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 08:27:34 +0000

With several thousand liters of water per day, it is actually oversized for domestic use. But it is ideal for small communities. Indeed, a key advantage is that it eliminates much of the water transportation requirements, by producing adequate quantities right where they are needed.
This does not add water to the global water amount, but rather enables “water on demand” instead of depending on the climate. So you could say that it could affect the water balance without changing to total amount of water on the planet.

By: Thomas Hallbert

Thomas Hallbert — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 23:11:28 +0000

Is this technique of producing water a possible domestic solution? If that is the case it would even simplify public plumbing organisation.
Would it increase the global water resource?
Or could the global water resource be able to equalise itself naturally?
Anyway this is probably the road to follow.
I have heard of lakes absorbing air and transforming it into water and thus increasing its level. So this is something that nature allready know how to do by itself.