Zero Mass’ solar panels turn air into drinking water
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Derp.
You would get more water if you just left a similar sized bucket outside
Glorified solar dehumidifier… you’ll produce more water in less time using this as a rain catcher
Turns humid air into bullshit. Invest ALL your money. lol
For only 10 dollars, I will give you back the 5 dollars I borrowed from you .
Nothing more than a huge dehumidifier. And a really inefficient one also. Don't fall for these scams people!
not good take water from air
for
humidity
You do know that you would probably get more water per year by just channeling the water from the roof into a cistern right?
It is a solar powered dehumidifier.
How long before this crashes?
Why would she even mention countries like the Philippines? What braindead idiot would buy this stuff if they live in the TROPICS of all places? I've a better apparatus, its called a bucket.
Shame it's a scam
Even without thunderf00t's debunking video, I feel like it should be pretty intuitive that the places that are good for solar panels are not the places that are good for condensing and collecting water vapor
is it true or did you hear it on cnn?
The proprietory material that condenses water from air is based on zeolites and absorbent polymers that work at even 10% humidity in the air. Using the solar panel power to dry the condenser after saturation / collection for reabsorbing water vapour.
Lauren needs to take some JC physics-type classes, so she can ask intelligent, challenging questions when interviewing "dubious" outfits like this.
This BS is why we not only need better science taught in our classrooms….but better education all around.
funny how we have oil pipes from those places who need it the most. but no water pipes back
PURE SCAM. The drier the air (which it always is in places were water is in such short supply) the more you have to lower the temperature (to get the RELATIVE humidity high) before you can even begin to collect fiendishly expensive water. The result is that the more you need the water, the more expensive it is to collect.
Such scams could only succeed in a country where the educational system has been rendered almost totally dysfunctional.
what will happen to carbon present in air
Overpriced scam.
If you put a dehumidifier (or this device) into a sealed room with a humidifier, who would win?