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Wave-Powered Desalination

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the wanna-buy-a-duck dept.

dptalia writes, "Scientists think they've found a way to harness the energy of waves to desalinate salt water. Currently desalination is an energy-intensive process, but this new design harnesses the renewable energy of waves to produce fresh water. Many countries depend on desalinated water to support their populations, and this invention could lower the cost of water generation." Production versions of the "desalination ducks" would be about 10 meters in diameter and 20 meters long. Each would supply water for more than 20,000 people.

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  1. Wow. by NerveGas · · Score: 5, Insightful

    2,000 cubic meters per day of desalinated water from each unit. That's over 350 gallons per minute. Impressive!

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    1. Re:Wow. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Why do they always have to find some nay-sayer -- this Nidal dude, for instance -- who has an obvious axe to grind and is therefore completely blind to the possibilities?

      I couldn't agree with you more. They keep telling me that my perpetual motion machine will never work, but I know that I have the calculations correct! And after I patent my time travel machine and my warp engine designs I'll definitely win a Nobel prize!

      I hate those people with such small minds thinking only about facts and the truth. I know how things really work, I feel it in my gut.

  2. Oh the Irony by MarsBar · · Score: 5, Funny

    The inventor's name is Stephen Salter. Heh.