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What are your thoughts about tech capable of extracting water from humidity? (www.youtube.com)

submitted 8 months ago by rainpizza@lemmygrad.ml to c/technology@lemmygrad.ml

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Is this type of tech a hoax or it is really thing that was not considered enough for the upcoming water crisis around the world?

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[–] wax_worm_futures@hexbear.net 5 points 8 months ago

I was reading a scientific article a few days ago about mealworms (of course), and the process by which they extract water from the air. Turns out it more than doubles their metabolic rate just to do that.

So even the biomimetics isn't going to get us very far on this one.

The kind of solution you're looking for involves moist soils with high levels of organic matter. That, and using less water for economic activity.