Wind Turbine Extracts Water From Air

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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Re:"up to 1,000 liters of water per day"?

[doston]

At 800 liters a day I'm wondering how many of these can operate without severely upsetting the desert ecosystem. If they're sucking out moister in the day, how much moisture will remain in the air to condense during the night for wildlife?

This type of technology never goes to anybody who can actually use it. This will sound cynical, because I am, but this (impressive) invention is only likely to affect the ecosystem around the ivy league university that purchases one. If Marc is lucky, he'll get a military contract and our Troops will be able to enjoy gallon after life-giving gallon....after blowing up a village full of sleeping women and children, or if we're lucky, a glass with their antipsychotic meds.