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Wind Turbine Extracts Water From Air

Posted by samzenpus on from the making-the-most-of-moist dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Getting access to enough water to drink in a desert environment is a pretty tough proposition, but Eole Water may have solved the problem. It has created a wind turbine that can extract up to 1,000 liters of water per day from the air. All it requires is a 15mph wind to generate the 30kW's of power required for the process to happen. The end result is a tank full of purified water ready to drink at the base of each turbine."

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  1. Windtrap by MrEricSir · · Score: 5, Funny

    Finally, we've developed the technology to colonize Arrakis!

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

      I was just talking to my uncle Owen about the condensers on the south ridge. If I don't get them repaired by mid-day there will be hell to pay. Life is hard on a moisture farm.

  2. New problems by glittermage · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now the birds will get dry eyes.

  3. Yes, but ... by philarete · · Score: 5, Funny

    Will you need a droid that understands the binary language of moisture vaporators?

  4. Re:Moisture Vaporators! by NonUniqueNickname · · Score: 5, Funny

    As far C-3PO knows, the binary load lifters story is true. Shortly after the conclusion of Episode III, C-3PO contracted the Tyrell Corporation to wipe its memory banks and implant the memories of another robot. C-3PO effectively has no recollection of Episodes I, II, or III. Lucky bastard.