How Solar Powered Machines are Making Free Water in the Sahara Desert

In the Sahara a breakthrough technology is emerging for drought solutions...
The Sahara is one of the hottest places on Earth, and is considered the largest hot desert in the world, its an extremely harsh environment receiving less than 1 inch of rain every year.
Despite this 2.5 million inhabitants live within the Sahara, making it one of the least densely populated places on Earth with less than 1 person per square mile, however the desert is advancing.
The Sahara spans across 10 countries and is expanding southward at a rate of 48 km a year, further degrading the land and eradicating the already scarce livelihoods of populations. It is now encroaching on more populated areas within the Sahel region, where 44 million people live. It is said to be 10 percent larger than it was a century ago.
In this region temperatures are rising faster than anywhere else on Earth and since the 1970s it has been affected by severe droughts. This has come at a huge cost: land degradation is currently estimated at about $490bn per year, which is much higher than the cost of action to prevent it.
The Sahara desert is just one example across the world of how our deserts are advancing, and how global climate change is affecting these areas negatively. Its estimated that more than one billion people, one-eighth of the Earth's population, actually live in desert regions and the livelihoods of a further 1 billion people in some 100 countries are threatened by desertification.
Desertification refers to the land degradation in arid, semi-arid and sub-humid areas resulting from various factors, including climatic variations and human activities. When land degradation happens in the world's drylands, it often creates desert-like conditions.
Drylands take up 41.3% of the land surface and up to 44% of all the world's cultivated systems are in the drylands. Water scarcity is the gap between the demand for water and it’s supply, in dry-lands there is a high demand for water despite their being a lack of supply. Water scarcity it is said to affect between 1-2 billion people, most of them living in the drylands.
It is estimated that nearly half of the world's population in 2030 will be living in areas of high water stress and it could displace up to 700 million people. It is for this reason innovators across the world are trying to turn this around.
In this video we will show you how the first ever off grid water production machine is creating water from thin air in the desert, this breakthrough technology is on the forefront of drought solutions helping provide free water for billions of people living in dry land across the world….
For more information on the different solar powered desert water machines, check out the Sunglacier.nl website.
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[@See_Sharp]

Its basically Peltier device, similar tech used on cheap portable dehumidifiers. It can collect water but at a very slow rate, even in humid area.

[@biohazardlnfS]

That's exactly why I hate all of these ideas. They keep making them and popping up every single 1 to 2 months and non of them work. They all say they are different and new but literally zero work effectively

[@KevinSmith-os5yz]

I bought one of the cheap peltier dehumidifiers from amazon. 40% humidity, it makes 10 drops a day on 22 watts of power. My main ac unit makes more than 3 gallons a day on 3600 watts of power. You better have a lot of power available:)

[@itonylee1]

​@@KevinSmith-os5yz Solar panel is about 150w per square meter. Therefore, for about 24 sqm, you will be able to enjoy your AC and less than a gallon of water during the day time. Sorry about the night time....

[@dennisdonnelly4440]

@@biohazardlnfS slow > 0. You could put a lot of these around. Have one only water a tree. What could it hurt?

[@Tokaisho1]

Correct

[@cliffwoodbury5319]

growing 30 miles a year. The world needs to come together and revert the Sarahs growth

[@C_R_O_M________]

That's a lie. The Sahara is actually greening! The gloom and doom of ideologues is pure propaganda!

[@markae0]

The trouble is the countries are not safe for tourists, or outsiders due to war/rebels/terrorists.

[@brianwnc8168]

@@markae0 , When it comes to visiting, safety, and conflict across the entire Sahara at Large, your comment is an overgeneralized statement that misleads people from the actual truth. There are places in countries located within the Sahara boundaries that you can visit safely as long as you do your homework ahead of time and make sure there's not a current conflict that could affect safety in the area you want to visit. Your statement leaves a person who is educated on the subject to believe that you haven't done your homework about the diversity of the sahara's cultures and current issues. What you say about safety is true about some areas but it's completely false about the current local political climate in other accessible areas.

[@yeetdeets]

@@brianwnc8168 Which country has land in Sahara and isn't thoroughly corrupt? I've looked and not found any personally.

[@gustavthemagician]

@@brianwnc8168 No sir, you are the one with the rose-coloured goggles. The whole of africa is one corrupt shithole and you know it, but prefer to denie it and look down on people who live in the real world. BLM-fan and woke, i presume?

[@mikethespike7579]

Not wanting to be a wet blanket here, but I've seen at least 3 projects claiming to be able to extract enough water from air in very dry parts of the world to make a difference and they all eventually went quiet and disappeared. Thunderfoot's channel has addressed one or two of these solutions and explained the physics behind why they never manage to extract enough water to make a difference. I'm also not sure that these machines would withstand the conditions in a desert environment such as the Sahara for long. For instance, one sand storm could bury them for good or at least render them inoperable. And finding someone reliable who understands the importance of taking care of these things will be a big problem. People in the Sahara usually only see advantage in work that offers them personal direct benefit (not really that different to the west). The concept that an occupation is worth doing for free because it benefits others as well is not going to motivate many people. There would therefore have to be some re-enumeration system that finances and guarantees supervision.

[@When_Im_Depressed]

these scam project claim to make a breakthrough claiming they discovered or invented a new way to harvest water .... in this video its legit just condensation that takes hours even days to just get a cup of drinking water ... so this is all bullocks and a scam for people to pay for their kickstarter

[@spicychad55]

The point of these solutions are probably targeted towards getting water for an individiuls, specifically poor individuals, to have their own devices. Many of them can gather such devices, and scale up gradually over time. Such machines probably only work in specific environments too, so it's not great for everyone but it is something!

[@Mr_ToR]

@@spicychad55 Desert people can not even afford the shipping of those machines. There are also princes (or similar officials) and their freinds who have desert homes but they live in excess anyways. Also the desert always have sea size underground water if you can dig and make a well.

[@spicychad55]

@@Mr_ToR they can also pitch in collectively to purchase these or it can donated to them via charities

[@Mr_ToR]

@@spicychad55 In the desert you see 1 guy with a camel or a goat evert 10 km or so. There is no they.

[@serkiznatz]

Imagine if we humans stopped fighting wars for borders and spent all those trillions on improving the earths health.

[@LeonGalindoStenutz]

Yes.

[@KAMELLTDK]

We will be better than aliens

[@donnavorce8856]

We would have a perfect world. It's just that easy too. All we lack is the will.

[@Petch85]

Is it due to reliability that they are using peltier elements, cause they are not very efficient, but they might be more reliable than a compressor. I must say I am very skeptical of this project, I hope they have thought this through.

[@JORDAN77777777777]

Does this remind anyone else of the moister farm from Star Wars?

[@desolate282]

That is exactly what it reminded me of, and why I clicked onto the video. More 1960's to 1980's Sci-Fi being made a reality!

[@geraldbruce886]

Science fiction is becoming science fact

[@b_uppy]

Can we talk about placing mangroves along the coastal areas around Sahara to increase transpiration? High tech solutions are a degenerative system of diminishing returns. And yet those farmers are still in using the most degenerative land practices in the world there, but lets ignore that. Just like were ignoring it here.

[@StarDArashi]

Yessss mangroves are sooooo important❣‼️❣

[@thierrylandrieu7441]

@@StarDArashi yes especialy along cliffs ...

[@HarionDafar]

Amen.

[@hookedgamer]

Mangroves don't make money lol

[@unite3717]

@@hookedgamer actually natural resources is worth money, especially when they increase water and help against land degradation, it saves countries money

[@aquahara8691]

The machines presented in this video are very inefficient dehumidifiers. They produce very little water when the air is dry (like in the desert) and need a very large solar panel surface area, making this water extremely expensive. We agree with the debunking videos of Thunderf00t. Still, our company Aquahara is testing a more efficient process, which produces 2 liters of water per day per square meter of solar collectors under dry desert conditions. This is still expensive, but the technology is evolving and getting more cost-effective over time, just like with the photovoltaic industry 10 years ago.

[@robtherub]

I have ideas. How do i work for you?

[@aquahara8691]

@@robtherub Currently, we do not have open positions, unfortunately. You can still send me an email (see my address on our website). Best regards, Philippe

[@Sergiosvm]

What about desalinating seawater? The UAE gets 90% of its drinking water from desalination.

[@robtherub]

@@aquahara8691 Thank you for your reply, sincerely, my name is rob.... talking here is fine, i am not a person needs paying, may be able to invest money actully. The idea is glass canals made of glass, the glass is made of sand, power sunshine, all free, thick double canal base, thin glass roof airtight, double skinned, water cooled, left canal seawater, inverse, locks pumped upwards when necassary, constant return flow so no heavily salinated sea output. Needs ocean water connection. Location Gambia, West Sahara or The Sinai, Egypt, that is after all, the holy grail of permculture, according to John D Lieu (?) ... the right canal is immediately growing sand growable plants from condensate and immediately have enough to grow forever like a garden in a sealed bottle growing for 60 years on the same water. A thin green line across the tropic of cancer outputting fresh water all the way across. A plague of locusts can simply be welcomed into the airtight tunnels. There are doors. Which can close and the thing can be flooded with CO2. Once Sinai mountain is green though, that alone will do the job, instead of the upward push of the hot air from that desert driving the mediteranean evaporated sea moisture onto pakistan and bangladesh every year, once the rivers of mount Sinai are flowing again that moisture will draw the meditarranian moisture over the once, ond soon to be again, fertile crescent, remoisturising egypt and returning the mighty kingdom of Abysinnia to the Garden of Eden, as the rain falls again on Lalibella, Jah, Ras'Tafari.

[@pverplan]

@@robtherub Hi Rob, your idea of using solar energy to desalinate seawater makes a lot of sense. Seawater desalination will always be cheaper than atmospheric water generation, even with the Aquahara system. But we are working on atmospheric water as an alternative water source for inland regions, far away from seawater desalination plants. Atmospheric water will remain rather expensive because of the (solar) energy requirement. So in any case, it has to be combined with wastewater recycling systems and it only makes sense in regions that have very little rainfall and where groundwater is depleted.

[@elreforestador7571]

Imagine being lost in the dessert and randomly finding one of these

[@yahudigahba]

Doubt you would even come close before talking with security

[@DumbSkippy]

Peltier cooling is energy intensive and inefficient. It relies on temperature differential. Putting an aluminium/copper heatsink, in full sun, isn't going to dump heat very well at all. Perhaps if the solar panel charges a battery then it may dump enough heat at night, with a certain Dew Point. Oh and it is R/H (relative humidity), not, repeat NOT absolute humidity. I worked for Carrier . I've done university on all of this, including electrical engineering!

[@africanelectron751]

I'm a potato level human and I know this is a stupid idea

[@2000sborton]

On top of all that you said, which I agree with. There is still just a finite amount of water available. So what happens when that is used up? Instead of increasing the amount of water which is available we have to be reducing our demand for it. How do we do that? Reduce our population. That is the root cause of all of our problems. If we do not find a humane way of reducing our population then the natural processes on our planet will kick in. Waiting for or allowing nature to run it's course is probably the least humane option of all. Mother Nature is not necessarily known for her kindness, especially in situations where a species has outgrown it's capacity to feed it self.

[@yeetdeets]

@@2000sborton No to the the population argument. Simply not true. Regarding finiteness of air moisture - dryer air also means water evaporate faster.

[@yeetdeets]

I've considered a similar machine, but less complex. 1. Some kind of mass with high surface area and high thermal conductivity (copper perhaps) coated with hydrophobic paint. 2. Super reflective surface on top to cool 1 at night while not gaining too much heat during the day. 3. Surround/protect 1 inside a pipe for Stack Effect. Goal would be to reach below Dew Point during night, particularly a few hours before dawn. If it works it's much more easily mass produced, even though copper is expensive. If it works at all with copper, it might also work with aluminum which is much cheaper. Ideally it would be a fairly tall structure for larger Stack Effect and since it is like a cool chimney it would draw air from higher up (humid air is lighter than dry air according to wikipedia).

[@polvincompoundsadmin5402]

I agree. these guys are assholes. I also have chem eng degree and i can sketch a design simpler and 3x more efficient. I may do this--- except i believe those who breed to excess and over graze their community should sort themselves out!

[@Ankh-he3wi]

Engineers should develop a dew collection system instead since nights are so cool/humid

[@Endymion766]

i'd like to see a cost analysis of getting water this way vs long distance irrigations and piping with and without desalinization plants. e.g. how much is a galllon of water produced through this solar method vs a gallon produced through irrigation methods.

[@arunramachandran5012]

Aren't we comparing apples to oranges? This is a fully self-contained unit that is also decentralized and not dependent on any external infrastructure. It may or may not work as a global scale solution to solve water access but the question is, does it even need to? It is also not some high tech solution and is quite simple in its implementation. Comparing it to a massive public works infrastructure solution would be a disservice to both solutions as both solve two very different problems, or two very different classes of problems. In fact, the real question to ask is, why not both? Why are we forcing this choice to choose one over the other? You could use multiple such centralized and decentralized solutions on a "as it makes sense" basis. And by the way, this solution would be completely free in terms of running cost (besides occasional maintenance). It is powered by solar panels which drive the fan that cools the unit to cause condensation. The only cost worth mentioning is the initial purchase cost. And I am sure a large public works infrastructure involving digging thousands of miles of canals or pipes isn't exactly cheap either. And that's putting it mildly. And if i understand their claims, if you have a 1kw panel (which should be about 4 panels - not much - which should cost about $600-$800 USD or so), assuming 10 hours of strong sunlight a day which is very reasonable for a desert, it would produce 3 liters of water an hour or 30 liters of water a day.

[@Endymion766]

@@arunramachandran5012 first off, there's no such thing as free. And we're not comparing apples to oranges, we're comparing cost to cost. There is a fixed cost for the manufacture of the device and then it has a life span after which you need to replace it. You add up all the total costs and divide that into how much water it makes and get a price per ounce. Then you do the same with price per ounce of water that is delivered to the same area via more traditional means. Since there's no such facility yet, you would have to do some estimates based on known costs of water procurement in other similar areas. Once you have your numbers you just look at which is cheaper and spend your investment there. There's no need to have both when you just need one kind of water, which is just water. It would be like paying 2 different water utilities to provide your home with running water. Why pay 2 when you can pay just 1? Also, I would almost guarantee that if you need substantial quantities of water you're still going to want to go the traditional route of pipes and pumps. But if we're talking about supplying drinking water to a small village, then maybe these solar condensers would be the better option assuming they can last a long time without needing parts and labor. I doubt the average Saharan villager knows enough about how to repair and maintain one of these so it would need to last a long time without needing any upkeep.

[@C_R_O_M________]

@Viễn-Phương deserts are greening and the Sahara IS shrinking on its own. The primary assumption of this clip is wrong! Even NASA admits that and they believe that the greening occurs because there’s more CO2 to fertilize plants.

[@ericconnor8419]

@@C_R_O_M________ What absolute nonsense, most deserts are growing because there are far too many people. The Middle East was green and lush once, before we got started on it with goats, that is why we invented agriculture there. I am a horticulturalist I can tell you that the slight increase in atmospheric CO2 does not compensate for loss of moisture and increased storm frequency in most areas. Most plants hate big changes they like stability. The plants that grow more will be in the Northern temperate areas, like trees in Siberia but unfortunately melting permafrost will release more greenhouse gases.

[@C_R_O_M________]

@@ericconnor8419 you are talking nonsense. There’s a dedicated satellite that monitors the World’s foliage and the whole world is actually greening as well as the Sahel (lower Sahara)! If you get your news from media outlets you’ll never know that. Go search for NASA, CO2 and greening earth see what comes up then look for a paper about the Sahara and the Sahel itself.

[@kieronimo1]

I'm really interested to know the cost of these machines. I was recently watching a video about Saudi Arabia's water shortage problems. While this might not immediately fix the agricultural problems, I've heard that there is a domestic water problem in Saudi Arabia. If every home was equipped with these machines, that would lessen the problem a lot. Saudi Arabia is a wealthy country. They could afford to invest in this product, whether it be the average Saudi, or the government. If that were to happen, this technology could have a huge catalyst, and be better placed to help the people of less wealthy countries that need it.

[@911mastermind]

It's just a dehumidifier. Just buy any dehumidifier and put a solar panel on top of it. That's what they've "invented".

[@Marqan]

it's free forever, according to the video title :)

[@milllight5379]

@@911mastermind absolutely true, and compressors are far more efficient than peltier modules...

[@911mastermind]

@@milllight5379 so they're using peltiers? thats so bad....they're like 1/4th the efficiency

[@Kizron_Kizronson]

It's a scam. These are not and never will be, a viable source of water generation, because it's impossible to remove more water from the air than the air actually contains. The technology isn't new, it's been around for decades and at no point in all that time have they ever been viable for water production. Not even vaguely viable.

[@dumbcat]

sun power > charges solar panels (or creates steam from sea water by passing sun through fresnel lenses) > runs electric water pumps > pumps salt water from ocean > to solar water distillation plants > fresh water carried to arid regions by canals + solar (or steam) powered water pumps > water feeds trees > microclimates created > clouds form above trees > rain falls

[@futureproof.health]

Just what desert dwellers need! A dehumidifier! Act now! No. The air is DRY. so very little water in the air. Every few years people rediscover dehumidifiers. Thing is dehumidifiers in dry air can't capture much. Sunblaze. Whatever _ there is no science that makes water condense when there is no water to. Condense. Desalination is cheaper. More work is needed. The maximum efficiency is hard to believe that some breakthrough changes thermodynamics. It's a good way to raise a lot of cash. It is the perennial dream.

[@aussiefox2000]

Thank you for showing us someone that is being part of the solution instead of part of the problem. Wish everyone would think this way

[@C_R_O_M________]

It showed you a solution (not a good one at that) about a nonexistent problem as the Sahara (and the whole world, for that matter) is actually greening.

[@ericconnor8419]

It's not, it's just a gimmick, a solar powered dehumidifier it was invented in the 1970s. People like things like this because it reassures them life can carry on the same with a few technical tweaks. It can't. Watch Thunderfoot some time, how many 'free water in the desert' machines have been developed over the last 50 years.

[@aussiefox2000]

Thanks for the info

[@C_R_O_M________]

@@ericconnor8419 life could carry on fine if governments didn’t f_up the energy sector by pushing for expensive and unreliable renewables (that are not even ecological solutions- by their own criteria). For life to carry on fine you need cheap and abundant energy, fertilizers, pesticides, etc. Governments are doing the exact the opposite of what they were supposed to. Take Germany for example. It closed down nuclear and lignite energy plants, pushed for renewables and gas from Russia and ended up with very expensive energy, buying nuclear from France and gas from a foe (Russia) and even worse air quality than it started with (even more CO2 emissions)! Now they are running like headless chicken to see what they’ll do going forward. Incredible stuff.

[@fredrossman1189]

Straight from Dune. I like your positive attitude and forward thinking.

[@shake6321]

if a 100 kw unit per month costs 10k to buy and has a 20 year lifespan then it will produce 300 liter per month or 3600 per year or 720,000 over a 20 year span. that means you are paying 1.38 cents per liter ($10,000/720,000). that’s not terrible but it needs to get 100x cheaper as water costs about $.0001, not $.0138

[@jozefmrkvicka4223]

yes, that being you can buy water. but in sahara i wonder where would you buy water.

[@matthiasklopke161]

72000

[@shake6321]

@@matthiasklopke161 thanks! you are correct. so its even more expensive than i thought. i guess it needs to get 1000X more efficient.

[@doncorleon9]

Economies of scale can knock that down a big deal. Oh and bottled water can go for even a dollar in some areas.

[@shake6321]

@@doncorleon9 i think you make a very valid point. this can be used as a sub a for expensive drinking water

[@drzenkobilas7770]

Italy used cardboard placed in a trough of sea water in a long green house, sunlight cause the water to evaporate and then at night the condensate settles on the glass and runs into a trough and is now salt free distilled.

[@DeirdreYoung1]

How many times does Thunderfoot have to debunk this stuff? These thing are simple dehumidifiers, and they work best where there is a lot of humidity in the air... ie, not the desert.

[@TheSchiffReport]

But this system is great in parts of the deserts on the coastlines , I am thinking of the desert in Morocco Chile and even in California ...along the coasts there is a lot of humidity just waiting to be harvested....

[@yeetdeets]

Thunderfoot is an eternal pessimist. Utterly predictable and boring person.

[@madsam0320]

@@TheSchiffReport just because they are near the sea, doesn’t mean the humidity is high. Cold ocean currents, mountain ranges or prevailing winds on west coasts dump rain before it hit landfall, flow straight out to the sea near the coast or not carrying any moisture of significance. There are some fog nets used to collect water, but any attempt at capturing the moisture is hit and miss.

[@rickmackay3774]

Well said. This is KZbin on the loose.

[@TheSchiffReport]

@@madsam0320 WTF you talking about ....I have lived on the Moroccan southern coastline and it is almost always foggy ....there are presently fog harvesting installations near Sidi Ifni and the results are spectacular, there are several videos about these , you just have to search ...similar installations are on the coast of Chile (where this technology was first appeared)and elsewhere .....

[@MarqusReyes-yi4ww]

I live in the desert by the Salton Sea it doesn't rain much here it's hot temperatures get up to 120 degrees but humidity is high because of the lake here is drying up I'm trying to make a machine like you got to make fresh water so I can plant trees to help cool things down and turn the desert into a lush forest to clean the air and grow food plus help keep the dust storm at bay and keep the wind from stripping the top soil that is needed for plants to grow we have no water here where we are at we have to truck in our water a water generator is needed I'm running on solar since we have plenty of sunlight here

[@zen4men]

You deserve more than one thumbs up in 3 months, so here is your second! I wish you well with your project! /

[@adamb89]

These are basically moisture vaporators from Star Wars, like from the moisture farm Luke grew up on.

[@barbarabrooks4747]

If you all would sell these machines to Californians, it would generate huge revenues to help pay for projects in poor countries. I know I would buy some for my cabin in CA if not too expensive.

[@sundancer442]

Saw a working prototype nearly 10 years ago in America. Heardly new tech !

[@brucehitchcock3869]

I've seen versions that require no solar panel such as the earthship rain gutter version. These are dehumidifiers like a /c pulls moisture out of the air.

[@mattski1979]

Permaculture permaculture permaculture.

[@Elementaldomain]

No. I live in the desert. Ongoing severe drought. For 3 years not a single drop of rain. The straw hasn't broken down at all. Had to take everything out of the ground and put it in air pots.

[@mattski1979]

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[@H_B_R]

This contraption has better efficiency at humid area. I think in dry area we should use the abundant sea water. Distillation of sea water. I would create a huge convex lens or concave mirrors that concentrate sun into a spot of metal floating on top of small collection of water. Collect the steam and condense it. Edit : oh and yeah let the steam generate a turbine for the pump and probably have enough extra generated power that contribute to the electrical grid.

[@Confuzer]

As a kid I always wondered why not use solar energy to pump water from the sea, distill it, sell the salt and use the water. Like you can have rows of solar panels which generate some shade you can grow plants in with water from this, and even use water to clean the panels and also thus, moisterizing the air. There is so much energy there, put it to use.

[@RandomPlaceHolderName]

"I think in dry area we should use the abundant sea water." The vast majority of the Sahara is very far from sea water. Same goes for most hot deserts.

[@Confuzer]

true, but a lot of those dry area's with no plant growth are close to the sea. I would start there.@@RandomPlaceHolderName

[@lucianosschlieper]

this is very nice. wee will need that giant piece of land one day

[@OBIONEBARRONI]

Amazing. Good start.

[@terryfrederickson2774]

if this works in thin air what about thick air ,, and by the way, what exactly is thin air anyway ?

[@jakeglenn2246]

There are thousands of aquifers in this region that are undiscovered.

[@Leontestedevorant]

Hi 🤗 please be so kindly and think also on rest of the world and keep Information also in mostly common Metric systems. Many thanks for Your understanding.

[@michaelrupsch2274]

Every home in the west should have one of these

[@tommcd8471]

You do have the option, go buy a dehumidifier then drink the water out of it. Thats all this is

[@rubylicious1024]

the thing I've been thinking about is why it's not more utilised,the technology isn't something new.. so I looked at desalination plants but then I wonderd how the ocean was when dumping it back out.. later I found one about what the brine does to the ocean floors and we're just destroying that even more.. I mean couldn't the brine be used instead, make salt, maybe dump it in other locations/seas that needs the extra salt, make iron batteries or what those smart people can come up with..

[@Petch85]

If this was scaled up... Would it not just take the water out of the air at some locations where it normally do not rain, and live the air dry reducing the amount of rain somewhere else? Also do the actually add energy to the dessert? I am assuming the sand reflects energy out to space, in the form of light. But then we collect the light using solar cells, reflecting less light, using this energy to heat the air? Thus on a large scale could this not be a overall negative thing? (Moving water for the price of more global warming?)

[@arnold5328]

The effect is absolutely negligible as you are just covering a very very very small area of the desert, even at large scale.

[@StarDArashi]

You're videos are so wonderful

[@LeafofLifeWorld]

Thank you for your encouraging comments 😊

[@C_R_O_M________]

@@LeafofLifeWorld if only you didn't lie about the Sahara expanding! The Sahara and the whole World is actually GREENING (so deserts are shrinking) and that's even on NASA's own site. You see they have a dedicated satellite to measure world foliage coverage. Too bad you made all that effort on a false premise!

[@davidjames2684]

So you mean to tell me they've invented the Tatooine "moisture vaporater"? Fascinating!

[@irmamas4420]

Wonderful invention!

[@Wul-Lop]

Thank everyone who try to help poor people... 👍👍👍🙏

[@magana107]

These devices have been disproven time and time again they basically work off the same principle of a dehumidifier and a small solar panel is not going to provide enough energy to make it worth it,also you would need a lot of filtration to be able to get the metals out of the water. I would place a bet their out of business within a few years.

[@regular-joe]

0:33 I can't find a single map online that is similar to this map. I'm further skeptical because it's labeled "then" and "now" instead of with actual, verifiable dates. Anyone have any thoughts or leads on this?

[@earthfriendly5799]

Are the solar pannels sustainable? is the end of life process a part of the circular economy?

[@sat7755]

A close look at Israel fertile once desert land will show all the answers on how to solve the problem in the African desert too. What those Nations need most is good quality agricultural education, and governments willingness to solve all those problems related to water management.

[@meltossmedia]

Kinda hard when capitalism profits from actively stopping any increase in living standards

[@CMTechnologyBD]

it's like a condition water system....! Idea is Good.

[@rawbacon]

This same channel has 2 videos just this year about how the Sahara is greening, yet at the beginning they're saying it's expanding at 48km per year.

[@georgeflitzer7160]

Incredible!! ❤❤❤❤

[@time4grace]

Solar electric fan to a copper parabolic into slanted aluminum rolled sheet tube that is covered in glass then water will come out. Aluminum rolled sheet tube could be the car aluminum cover rolled into tube [that was what I am using]. Maybe a pitcher a night depends on heat level.

[@wallabols3814]

I want one this is the best thing ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@christopherstrudwick]

so now there is a possibilty of real moisture farmers in the sahara where have i seen that #starwars

[@StefunSoare]

Cool! :)

[@Roger_W]

This machine should be available to buy around the world.

[@user-wh8tf7qs4f]

They are available to buy, around the world it's called - (drum roll) DEHUMIDIFIER!

[@Cijudgmentofman333]

Now this is when science gets the thumbs up, when they concentrate their efforts to help mankind not destroy it.

[@--kami--]

a dehumidifier?

[@winnipegnick]

@@--kami-- You’re right, it’s like a dehumidifier connected to a Solar panel.

[@C_R_O_M________]

Right! However the Sahara is actually greening (so does the whole world) and that's BECAUSE of more CO2 fertilization. The alarmist doom and gloom never mentions the positives of increased CO2 concentrations. CO2 which is a trace gas at just 0.04% of the atmosphere and most of it being of natural origins.

[@sidehop]

Alright guys, water is now available in the Sahara. We are MOVING there.

[@davidrobertson5700]

He is using the seebeck effect and peltier modules, nice idea

[@kmyase1]

Awesome! I think we need to have many more of these in the desert area to reduce climate crisis. I would suggest to run it at night time to collect more water since the moisture is higher at night time if power is an issue. I think we can transform the desert into an oasis again with technologies like these. Thanks

[@billtev9846]

These are the people who should be winning noble prizes.

[@Off-gridPA]

Store energy during day to run at night! 😊

[@metalingus9997]

In other words, an "ac unit" with the purpose of collecting the water that falls from the back.

[@flandmore9247]

If I understand this setup, it is a solar panel powered dehumidifier on the roof. Wouldnt it make more sense to mount tbe panels on the roof without the need of a boom truck and power the dehumidifier inside the house? It would be easier to plumb, maintain for purity and simple to replace when the dehumidifier fails. With used panels($50 per 240w panel delivered from Suntan solar) you could run the entire setup for under $1,000 usd. You could scale it up to whatever amount of water you need per day. The payback would be a couple years not 10. Or....you could use the panels to run AC as most people will enjoy thanks to climate change. ACs are giant condensers and produce a large amount of water each day, depending on ambient humidity, time of use and size of unit. Now that is bang for the buck. Oh the condensed condensation is much cooler if you harvest it quickly. All in all an expensive shell on a dehumidifier the box stores sell. Oh you could skip the solar and just plug it in and pay back would be a couple months!

[@googley-kf8nx]

I'm really interested to know how this is going to affect Earth n the atmosphere now n in the future.

[@TheKobiDror]

I always like people who are looking for solutions to problems rather than to blame someone else for the problem. Great solution to a problem. Best thing: it's mobile and independent from infrastructure.

[@C_R_O_M________]

Technology is indeed great but the Sahara is actually greening and shrinking. This clip lies.

[@stormisuedonym4599]

The problem is, this isn't solving the problem at all.

[@jslevenson101]

With solar cells just generate enough power to run a dehumidifier that pulls the moisture out of the air. that's one way, there are actually some manual stand-up systems no power, and get the water with solar cells as an accessory.

[@colinbyerly5212]

Expanding 48 km per year south . Sounds like the almost exact measurements of the magnetic northern pole migration numbers . That those tracking the magnetic pole numbers have reported on line . And looking at the southern pole reforming ice and snow , that is reclaiming the melted and lost snow levels looks to me exactly shifting , as well in released NASA photos me is further evidence that others should be watching as well . Do to the lack of proper media news coverage . Thank you for your scientific data collected video 😎⚡️👍🏼🔥⚡️

[@zen4men]

Interesting and seems logical

[@deetee6621]

Most of us fathomed this out back in 1978. A bloke called Luke Skywalker made a documentary about it. I learnt about light speed too; and also that to be able to talk to my fridge I need to learn Botchi or get a protocol droid.

[@cristianalvarez5803]

what about sand? You jsut drink the water without being purified or filtred?

[@j.s.3680]

Why not more simple like an absorption-cooler, connected to a vacuum-solarpipe? No moving parts, cheap an simple. /e: And High efficiency, comes with it as a goodie

[@sami3566]

490 million is not the population of the Sahara but rather some countries that some part of it are part of the Sahara desert

[@EarthCreature.]

Deep dive those AWG's they were using please

[@slevinshafel9395]

use geroid cube 2m3 coled with solar panels. and painted white wich have pasivelow temperature.

[@barnmonster888]

WHERE DO I GET A WATER UNIT LIKE THIS

[@BangkokZed]

Spoiler: It's not free. It's a solar powered dehumidifier, you have to buy it and maintain it.

[@watcher5729]

desert dehumidifier only?

[@kimberleypex]

This video and all the information about the technology is great ! Thanks. And I hope many people who see this , could be their brains immediately got ideas ! Thats a fact ; when one idea is exposed many will follow . It would be great if we can help this Planet to be healthy and green again !

[@thierrylandrieu7441]

40 000 years ago , the sahara was bigger , much of asia a desert , and the ice cover also huge , mainly white I think . So .... much less green than today , but healthy nevertheless or what ? I don't see technological gimmics as " earth médecine " ... 😉

[@C_R_O_M________]

The Sahara and the whole world is actually greening BECAUSE of more CO2. This is accepted and displayed even in NASA's own site.

[@thierrylandrieu7441]

@@C_R_O_M________ that's what I heard too ... it's got to be true because population doubles every 30 years in the area ... and well they were starving 50 years ago .... but it's something I heard too . Never been there ,

[@C_R_O_M________]

@@thierrylandrieu7441 they are deleting my answer to you. Search for “Nasa, co2 greening planet” and you’ll see a NASA link. However, they are deleting my answer when I go into some very crucial details about their narrative.

[@thierrylandrieu7441]

@@C_R_O_M________ hello , yes they destroy links it takes too much memory space . I know Nasa reports . You can also check that corals grow faster due to CO2 ... the whole " acidification " story is dumb ... we had the " acid rains" story 40 years ago , and here we are ... only thing is as forest grow faster , the whole ecosystem is disrupted and they don't look in the right place for causation . Disrupted just means changing , in my meaning .

[@dglass2008]

This whole commercial was a lie? Why bother producing something for a faulty product?

[@HoneyBerighthere-Saysarath]

My Refrigator and AC compressor does the same thing. What's New?

[@StarDArashi]

Yes be aware and shift the focus to the positive I JUST WROTE THAT xD

[@yzzxxvv]

Amazing

[@mechadense]

6:30 - 80W to 620W up to 3L/kWh

[@gentlemenking2973]

Where can we buy this model?

[@randywhitejr.8825]

African governments near the Sahara desert never intended to introduce ecological management practices. They will need water making technologies to save their populations.

[@davevieyra]

is this product available?

[@LeafofLifeWorld]

Go to sunglacier website for more info

[@Sample-Alok-Youtube]

IS this product available in the market? Can we buy them?

[@Pabkojdim]

Nice

[@nennykusumariny9269]

This is cool....

[@jamesmatheson9624]

it is only heating a bag and moisture is forming inside the bag ,

[@adbc8737]

Wow! 🌀💚🌀

[@kimberleypex]

Thats it ; just like you said; INSPIRING PEOPLE 🌴🌲🌿🌳🌴🌲🌿🌳🌴🌲🌳🌿🌴🌲

[@Realoony]

So it's like a dehumidifier connected to a solar panel

[@stevejobzz7756]

Now we can make proud of these invention , humidity in air is a part of eco system, may be after 2 decades we might recognise how things went bad. There is no rewind button

[@evilchaperone]

It's like dew harvesters in Dune. Once again, SciFi come to life.

[@Charlie-UK]

The only problem being, dehumidifiers are expensive and energy hungry. And they don't work, in areas of low humidity, like deserts...

[@CarlosCastillo-zf5fb]

I've heard about at least two other methods that don't need a power source

[@kemarin2237]

Store the solar energy, only dehumidifier at night (the temp drop quite low at night in the desert).

[@whynottalklikeapirat]

Well … whats the cO2 footprint and how sustainable is the life cycle of those units, thats the question …

[@lesliefish4753]

Those countries could get more water, faster and cheaper, by pumping in water from the nearest sea-coast, and running it through pipes that have passive-solar desalination stills (and solar-powered pumps) every quarter-mile. Those stills would also produce salt, which could be sold at a profit.

[@rubenestrada7095]

Not quite the same but same kind of Technology there's one available for RVs and some other models for your home there is one company called ecolo Blue their machine makes about 8 gallons a day.

[@truephantomsound]

great

[@DrMichaelDiMarco]

I think they had these on Tatooine

[@bobleclair5665]

in Florida, the condensation dripping from an average air conditioner can give you up to 10 gallons of water per day

[@donnavorce8856]

It'd be great if enough smart people harvested that water in a barrel for use on outside plants.

[@bobleclair5665]

@@donnavorce8856 I planted a lime tree and the dripping from the air conditioner kept it watered,

[@greggorman5537]

Sounds like they should make some clay beds to make pools of water across the desert and it will soon be a green line

[@VADORT]

Some clever content thank u.

[@thomascoleman7301]

I need these bad