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Warpy

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1. I love this sort of thing, it's pretty low tech and can make the difference between

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Fri Sep 1, 2017, 09:59 PM

Sep 2017

growing some of your food and going hungry. They use the water for watering the gardens, not drinking. There is a pilot program in Lima that uses a billboard that doubles as a water collector that produces potable water. This is the sort of applied science that will create the future. Video at link.

https://www.wimp.com/billboard-that-produces-potable-water-from-the-air/

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I love this sort of thing, it's pretty low tech and can make the difference between Warpy Sep 2017 #1

That is beautiful! It's how the world should work, helping others because it's right, Judi Lynn Sep 2017 #2

What a simple, and ingenious idea! nt procon Sep 2017 #3