Zero Mass' solar panels turn air into drinking water

[@ExperimentalFun]

$2500??? its just a glorified dehumidifier with a solar panel, for $100 you can buy a dehumidifier that makes 5 times as much water per day.

[@VishalMaharathy]

Bro, solar panel is the only thing that's expensive.

[@ExperimentalFun]

Maybe $200 for the solar panel

[@VishalMaharathy]

Also, dehumidifier does bot produces drinking water, go on and google, u will get it.

[@ExperimentalFun]

yes you can drink it but you might want to run it through a $50 filter first, that's the same as what this machine does. the biggest issue is that they will not get much water if there isn't a lot of humidity in the air, In the places that this is most needed is the same places that it wont work good, this isn't a new idea by the way, other company's have tried the same thing in the past but found that it is not practical.

[@VishalMaharathy]

By Verge: 'Friesen says that on average, one Source device can harvest 5 liters of water per day. Because of the device depends on solar power, he says, that number doesn't vary too drastically between dry and wet climates - solar radiation is stronger in dry places where there are fewer water molecules in the air to absorb it, and water vapor is more prevalent in wet places where solar radiation is less intense.' Basically dude, idea is what comes first. If u r in middle of a remote area where there is no electricity then this idea is good and efficient no matter how much humidity is there. If we discourage someone with his idea, he/she might not be able to further research on it. Go on and try making this by yourself then u will realise how difficult it is.

[@Gamex996]

isn't this just big dehumidifier ?

[@conconc678]

Gamex996 a big 'solar powered' dehumidifier for people who don't like free tap water or even bottled water lol

[@doodbool3719]

Gamex996 a solar powered one. Which makes all the differance

[@iain3713]

Gamex996 kinda but it doesn't seem to use a condenser ie more efficient

[@conconc678]

On there technical specifications sheet on there website it says "The water vapor is collected as the airflow passes through a condenser and the resulting liquid water flows into the onboard reservoir"

[@cameronscott1853]

imconconc678 Tap water is not free everywhere.

[@DoRC]

It's a dehumidifier....

[@PHlophe]

i know right ? i pay $150 every 3 months for electricity and I use my big dehumidifer every single day . that's 3 litres per day here in the EU. and even after 2 years it'll still be cheaper than this thin foil these guys are selling for 2,5k without installation fees and what not. lmao!

[@bigbossyair]

lochiffresix six.. hello friend, can you provide info about your equipment, I really thankfully if you show me that info...

[@dinkomx]

www.amazon.com/Portable-Dehumidifier-hOmeLabs-Basements-Allergens/dp/B073VBWKJZ/ref=sr_1_3?s=home-garden&ie=UTF8&qid=1527299898&sr=1-3&keywords=dehumidifier

[@maxmustermann8247]

It's a dehumidifier...and it's total useless when you use it in dry air (watch the Thunderf00t video about it, he gives you some facts). 4k $ for 2 Dehumidifier (watch on their homepage, you have to buy a minimum of 2) which is working poor because of the solarpanels...only rich ppl are stupid enough to buy that shait and only rich ppl can afford that shait...

[@lilaclizard4504]

no power needed is a good idea for disaster zones, but how much would it cost to add a pedal powered battery to a dehumidifier? I'm betting a LOT cheaper than this & far more versatile & space efficient too! (some NGO's are using pedal powered devices as mobile phone chargers in third world countries, giving individuals the chance to run a business where they pedal power charge people's phones for them, so that tech does work & then there's others where they have separate solar panels that can be used for various devices from phone charging to led lights to fan powered stoves. One I've seen with a solar powered stove & usb port & led lights all built in & much smaller than this is retailing for $150. Not sure if it has enough power to run a dehumidifier, but I'm sure it could easily be scaled up & dehumidifier put onto a usb port attachment, MUCH cheaper than this junk!)

[@TheSh_dow]

Thunderf00t?

[@morrow8196]

Soon

[@sebmason]

Beat me to it lad

[@ir0nm8n]

I was thinking the exact same thing, someone plz send him this ;)

[@SiemkaSiema]

No need. He have already showed that all "water out of thin air" solutions are scams.

[@Brandon_letsgo]

TheShadow the video is 100% BS. Probably to get subsides

[@ronaldabelilla3575]

This is good. My only concern is; how does air pollution affects the quality of water it produces in areas like Beijing?

[@jorgejimenez1877]

So, basically they're harvesting condensation? It's a large, solar-powered dehumidifier.

[@BenLewisE]

I don't understand the point of this company. Israel, a country that is 60% desert, now has a water surplus by using a combination of drip irrigation for crop growth and desalination for water production. We literally sell water elsewhere. Why do we need another solution that takes up significant space with more solar panels, when we can just extract drinking water from the sea?

[@ranjitr3059]

Ben Lewis Israel even used desalination from sea water too

[@jonetech5324]

Cost, you’ve got to make huge desalination plants and then pipe it to a desert. Not cheap

[@thepope2412]

JoneTech you do realize that making enough water for everyone with these things is going to be far more expenisve than building a water treatment facility.

[@danialK9]

Sea water desalination is an expensive energy hog and it also damages the environment by making the water more salty.

[@thepope2412]

TheAnial8r and building these solar things is an extremely inefficient use of money and if working "as planned" will damage the environment by taking huge amounts of water out of the air.

[@karebu2]

5L of water a day and $4500? Okay.

[@nepalihercules]

on a cloudless sun day

[@TimBox]

My really bad maths makes it. Over a 15 year life 5475 days $4500 / 5475 = $0.82 for 5 ltrs or $0.164 per ltr if you got 5lts that is. But desalinated water is around $.81 per cubic meter (1000ltrs) I will leave it at that incase I'm making myself look stupid with the maths.

[@EGOS42]

I think they said each panel is 5L and it's $4500 for two panels. Pretty expensive but technology finds ways to improve efficiency and reduce cost. This could bring safe drinking water to millions who don't have access.

[@nepalihercules]

MILLIONS OF PEOPLE DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO WATER NOT BECAUSE THERE'S NO WATER; BUT BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO MONEY. MONEY IS THE BARRRIER. IF YOU THINK SPENDING 4500 DOLLARS ON SOLAR PANELS TO PRODUCE 5L OF WATER A DAY IS FESEABLE THEN YOU'RE DELUDED

[@pavankmanjithaya]

Thats the real price of water we waste everyday! Only when such resources becomes so scare its value kicks in

[@senthilkumaran7914]

Did anyone else notice how she pointed to Indonesia and called it the Philippines?

[@senthilkumaran7914]

Zaydan Naufal Well that’s all fine and dandy but I don’t think she was even alive during Indonesia’s kingdom era since it’s been a Republic for quite some time now. It was probably just a mistake hahaha

[@parillo12]

solar powered dehumidifiers! YAY RE INVENTING THE WHEEL

[@jessstuart7495]

In Scottsdale, AZ you'll have people installing two of these on their roof to get a few liters of drinking water a day next to a house with a swamp cooler that uses 200L/day, next to a golf-course that uses 5x10^6 L/day.

[@sharonbraselton4302]

yes fgd will ¹0 lurré per dsy

[@fhuber7507]

Simple concept... its a dehumidifier powered by solar. Peltier cooling and the water condenses. We could do it for 1/10 the price using the same solar panel rating.

[@brennanconway3728]

Points at Indonesia but says "The Philippines"

[@spiky7794]

Was about to comment the same. Might as well like your comment instead. Hehe

[@MichaelGGarry]

How many Thunderf00t calls! Get the Thunderf00t signal!

[@georgegreen3470]

Thunderf00t got them lol

[@ravindersembi3955]

what about air pollution, if you were to stick the panel in the city e.g london or india. Would you be drinking the toxic pollutants into your body?

[@nielsm.2147]

Ravinder Sembi ?nope

[@buttercrazy30]

It will alter Ph levels and mineralize the water so this should be safe assuming those functions never fail.

[@ir0nm8n]

YibTube well, pH level and adding minerals doesn't necessarily clean the water from any harmful substances?!😂

[@JermanRamirez]

YibTube that's not the same as filtering....

[@fittony]

yeah what prevents other form of vapor (not water) from condensing in the panel and mixing with the water

[@nathangek]

5400 dollars will totally help me save on the amount I spend on bottled water.

[@nodinitiative]

PNathan 5400USD = 22,090 liters or 5,835 gallons of distilled drinking water. How much do you spend on distilled bottle water?

[@golden-63]

@@nodinitiative Sarcasm not detected...

[@sharonbraselton4302]

buy it tgeñ

[@codywisenbaker4807]

Sounds like another story I know about a young moister farmer from the desert...

[@DukeOfChirk]

Cody Wisenbaker damn! I thought I was first with the Star Wars related comment! Lol. The equipment was called ‘vaporators, and the people who made a living using them were called Moisture Farmers

[@jihadalsadah7832]

In Kuwait, the average amount of water from dehumidification of air conditioned water is around 100 liter/day for one average house. This is much more than the few liters per panel. Before dismissing it, it could be modified to use different humidity sources in the house or its water flows.

[@sharonbraselton4302]

largest 250 letes per day graohe cersin 375 liters per day all sokar watt 100 per hiys ih one orr per day

[@lujitsu1251]

Agreed

[@LordMauel]

Every time I see these technologies, that can help so many people without hurting the Environment or have bad side effects, I doubt that they will ever see the light of day. I always see these Videos of these great inventions one time and then never again... I hope that changes soon. Love this series, keep it up Lauren 🎉

[@StreakyBaconMan]

The reason you never see or hear of these products again is because they aren't actually good products and the technology isn't revolutionary whatsoever. For example this product is just a dehumidifier hooked up to a solar panel and something to add minerals back into the water - nothing revolutionary whatsoever, we've had that technology for years and years. Any engineer with half a brain could knock something like that together without much effort. The resulting product is always going to be a terrible way to get water, because it's just so inefficient. You could literally fill a truck with water and drive it wherever you want the water and that would be a cheaper way to get water. Products like this are essentially a scam - they want you to buy it not because it's a great way to get drinking water, but because they say it's "green" and will help poor people without access to clean water when neither is really true. You know what is more green? Pumping water from a fresh water source. It's much less waste materials, much lower energy requirements and no need to add minerals into the water because they are already there.

[@citigirlcountrified1927]

That and they are blocking out sun with chemtrails

[@AceChampElite]

Sooooo this will make the area even more arid?

[@stu8348]

Someone get Thunderf00t

[@xBloodXGusherx]

Why him? did he predict this or something?

[@apeoplesperson]

#thunderf00t

[@jangelelcangry]

+Viq kzbin.info/www/bejne/a2ebmnePo52joMU

[@adityaramesh9202]

6:48 here is your answer.

[@TheyCalledMeT]

desalination of sea water would be FAR FAR more efficient

[@Amenti_H]

Solar freaking watersomething! Yet another scam with the same stupid idea...

[@colleenforrest7936]

Another thing this system could probably do is purify dirty water. In a dry climate, you could put jugs of dirty water around the pannels and let natural evaporation (or something more efficient), which would put more water vapor around the pannels to collect as clean water. Maybe a hood over this arrangement to keep the water vapor from excaping. Kind of like a more efficient solar still.

[@georgegreen3470]

Colleen Forrest just get a dehumidifier or a/c run on solar panels. Don’t forget to filter and boil. 1/10 the price.

[@mimas3346]

The most energy efficient way to produce drinking water in arid areas that have access to the coast is via reverse osmosis desalination. Modern reverse osmosis desalination plants produce fresh water at a rate of ~286 liters/kWh. Among dehumidifiers, which is what this thing is, the most efficient, when operating under optimal conditions (i.e., extremely humid air, which is not what you have in arid regions) produce ~3 liters/kWh. In other words, for the same amount of energy, dehumidifiers produce _at best_ about ~1% as much water as reverse osmosis desalination plants. When operating in arid environments, dehumidifiers' performance will be _much_ worse than this.

[@chengong388]

Let me guess, solar powered thermal electric dehumidifier?

[@SujayKamisetty]

1 panel on average = 5L per day. One individual needs around ~2.5L a day. Each panel $2000. Doesn't really sound like a plan to tackle water crises globally. More like tackling the source of 2 persons water bottle refill. Great tech, needs work to actually tackle global water shortages by decreasing panel costs or increasing water output.

[@rogerhegemier8491]

it will Happen just more planning, and will over come the Costs, Thank God your Working on these So Needed Projects !!! And i will Drink to That !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@sharonbraselton4302]

we star our 6000 per 5 kuters 1 3 cust recs cust 2 thír cheaper

[@sharonbraselton4302]

1 lter 600 now onky 200

[@KrK-EST]

For many many years there has been heating from solar, in one point solar was used more for heating than to make electricity. So it can only go(best prognosis) for solar production: 1) Electricity 2) Heating 3) Water

[@KrK-EST]

For that company i recommend to make a version without a solar panel, as many that type of people that might want to get this system already has a good solar electric system on their roofs.

[@LAPGOCHINSTRUCTOR]

There's several ways of making water in a survival situation just using a large plastic bag. You can produce drinking water using the plastic bag where there trees or no trees. Works on the same principle this expensive system. For your home there's plenty of water purifiers and active carbon filters to provide suitable good tasting safe water for drinking/washing.

[@acecarpenter502]

Moister farming? Where is the blue milk?

[@rayrodriguez2946]

sounds like a scam

[@12sin8]

It's not, the tech has been around for ages, this is just a new take on an old idea. There's so many caveats that come with these types of machines though, i.e, humidity, air temp etc.

[@jonetech5324]

It’s just like a mini cloud

[@thepope2412]

It is. Water treatment is far far more efficient for making drinkable water.

[@jessstuart7495]

Well, I did a quick thermodynamics sanity check, and here's what I found... At 25deg C, the enthalpy of evaporation of water is 2442 kJ/kg. 1kg water = 1L. This is the thermal energy you must extract from water vapor (Latent Heat) to get it to condense into a liquid. There is no magic way around lowering this energy requirement. Your cooling system will likely only be 50% efficient at best. So now you are up to about 4884 kJ/L energy input. A 300W solar panel will produce 4884 kJ of energy in 1.628x10^4 s = 4.5 hours of full sun. So you produce best-case about 1L of water every 4.5 hours. You might be able to get 2L a day if you use a heliostat and sunlight, air temp, and humidity conditions are favorable.

[@xCestLaVie1]

Ray Rodriguez Everyone used to say solar panels were a scam, now they're cost effective and viable. Lots of pseudo intellectuals out there.

[@naumankhan1066]

The production of water per panel is too costly and it needs more research Agree to the last comments of Dr. Ashok, we should make it cheap.

[@markbtw7987]

Seems like an over-engineered solution. A simple 60sq ft rain roof with a gutter could collect 465 gallons/year or 5 liters per day of rainwater even in Arizona (much more in other places). It's just a matter of storing it when it falls. A 300-gallon water reservoir is only like $300, 60sq ft metal roofing, gutter and PVC pipe would be like $90. So for $390 you could have access to the same amount of clean renewable water, it would just take slightly more surface area. It would take out the variable of solar power as well.

[@jzk2020]

this would be a great solution... if it could produce 50 liters per day and the price tag was 500 bucks Max.

[@CoIoneIPanic]

Agreed but private industry, free enterprise and product development only happen from healthy profit margins. Eventually the cost per liter will come down but only with Free Hand economics. Uncle Joe style government prevents innovation. Proven again and again.

[@sharonbraselton4302]

250 lirer per day 25000 dolars jyst jeñtun started

[@sokacsavok]

Where is Thunderf00t when we need him?

[@DrZond]

He responded, in true form.

[@rakeshsah2222]

I work in this company. Thank you very much for making this video! Thank you so much boss ❤❤❤

[@dxelson]

"That's Philippines right?" That killed me

[@aidanmccready2277]

3:05 "Here in the Philippines" *points to Singapore

[@thaminduKavinda]

That project is a dollar mine in the future

[@For4Reel]

Not really much to expensive and less effective. it would be better an efficient to build a bigger electricity powered condenser

[@amirnazhan]

Thamindu kavinda the cost for manufacturing solar panel is still expensive but there are so many advantages when comparing with power plant.

[@rockydo2307]

I suggest you watch some of Thunderfoots videos many other companies have tried to extract water from thin air and they have all been largely unsuccessful, at least in terms of it being economically viable and getting much water at all..., its best just to recycle and preserve the water we have like the second guy in the video said.

[@thaminduKavinda]

Rocky Do totally agree with you.

[@nilz91]

running this big-arse humidifier takes more power than that tiny solar panel can produce.

[@michellebinder5131]

I’m excited to see where this goes in the future. We have 40 acres in North Central Arizona. There is no ground water, so no well can be drilled. We plan to dig a large pond, and collect rain water. But this would be great for drinking and cooking water.

[@lilaclizard4504]

If you put a dehumidifier (or this device) into a sealed room with a humidifier, who would win?

[@MichaelGGarry]

$4,500 for the pair including setup, 5L a day depending on location. What about depending on sunshine levels too, not all days are going to produce the same amount of power, and you need power to "create" the water. At $1 a litre for water (going by a quick look at my local supermarket), thats 2.5 years to pay off in water alone, *assuming* it gets 5L every day. Which I am going to suggest it does not. What they don't mention is the cost of replacing the water producing parts and how often that has to be done. That will also send the costs flying upward. Now if some rich eco-warriors in California want this, maybe its doable. But that price for that pay-off in places like the Philippines or Syria? Not likely. We need a lot more info here...

[@nepalihercules]

no one drinks just bottled water and no one drinking large amount of bottle water pays a dollar per litre. you could easily get bottled water for 5cents a litre delivered

[@MichaelGGarry]

"no one drinks just bottled water" - oh yes they do. 5 cents a litre - examples? That just makes things even worse for them then, as it will take 50 years to pay it off at that prices, unless I am missing something major.....

[@nepalihercules]

maybe in third world countries like US where they have rusty pips; it makes sense to only drink bottled water. just look at costco if you want to find cheap water. buy in bulk and buy big. sometiems they have discountrs where you can get 5cents per litre. www.sulabhinternational.org/indian-village-gets-worlds-cheapest-bottled-water/ www.webstaurantstore.com/crystal-geyser-1-gallon-natural-spring-water-case/103WATER61.html bit over 6 cents per litre.

[@MichaelGGarry]

nepali hercules I'm not in the USA and I know plenty of people that only drink bottled water, even with perfectly fine tap water. Very few people drink from the tap anymore. Also where I live you ain't getting 5c/L bottled water, nowhere near that cheap.

[@nepalihercules]

you must live in a shitty country if you cant drink tap water

[@N0N0111]

The full shots are amazing!

[@chillgreg]

Lauren I LOVE your mini-docos. Quality, interesting. AAA+ Thank you :)

[@LeahandLevi]

THIS STUFF MAKES ME SO STOKED FOR THE FUTURE!!!

[@R.DeMora]

If by the future you mean getting scammed then... ok?

[@LegoLikeDaBlocks24]

thunderf00t we need you homie.

[@avi8r66]

he heard your prayer

[@LegoLikeDaBlocks24]

@@avi8r66 he did, I feel blessed

[@manishsinghbisht3010]

5:42 and 6:17 Why so many tar filling lines(weird pattern) on the road surface? Is this something due to climate of Arizona? Or a messed up network of underground cables?

[@martyr84]

It's to seal the cracks in the road.

[@DespaceMan]

Nope this what happens when they tar the road too thin or not enough which causes cracks as it dry's to quickly. Then they try fixing it later by poring tar in the cracks so you end up with these patterns, other words who ever was contracted to do the road work was crap & to rip it up start again was too costly so this quick fix was the result. Oh regarding these solar humidifier condensers they do work but it's reliant of atmosphere water vapor percentage, low water percentage takes longer & also depends on seasons also.

[@conconc678]

Or maybe someone likes to do crazy deformed doughnuts on the road

[@theproceedings4050]

OOOOOOOOH, a desiccant powered dehumidifier this is totally groundbreaking and in no way a waste of time and money.

[@TheTwick]

Small note: “Spain’s National Statistics Institute reported that average household water consumption in Spain was 137 litres per person per day in 2012.” 5 liters per panel per day!?

[@MrPorkistan786]

in America you can make anything and sell anything

[@Yoxorg]

Here comes my wigga thunderf00t BOIII

[@iamthepolice]

Here in the UK it rains all the time and people get depressed cuz of small amounts of sunlight during the winter. Africa this stuff will get jacked asap!!!

[@IsmailAdiputra]

This is cool. But I'm wondering if in a large scale and in the long run it will have some sort of effect on climate.

[@safari338]

Thunderfoot-waterseer part 2

[@johnsunlight]

This has never and will never be practical. Doesn't the verge have a science editor to filter out these junk science topics?

[@tecnocato]

John Sunlight Had one for more than a year and since then it has produced 100% of our water for drinking, coffeemaker, and ice machine.

[@SciHeartJourney]

They can create PARKS in the desert with these. Just put a large array of them on a tall platform. Then can create both shade and water.

[@MIS32264]

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.

[@grimx5772]

Yo Thunderf00t where you at?

[@roberttalada5196]

#Thunderf00t

[@irvalfirestar6265]

5 litres per day in Arizona doesn't seem much at first, but an adult human drinks around 4 litres of water per day so one panel can sustain one person per day and have some leftover for storage and stuff. At least they didn't lie about the output volume.

[@sokacsavok]

For $4500 you can move to a sensible place.

[@palleppalsson]

except that the 5 l was the max for the system not the Arizona numbers. Zero mass is a fitting name.

[@iain3713]

Irval Firestar 4 litres a day really i drink around 2.5

[@nepalihercules]

so if you have a family of 4, you'd need 4 times that.

[@ExperimentalFun]

They said it will make less water in dryer places, its just a dehumidifier with a solar panel, In a really dry area they would be lucky if it made a few teaspoons of water

[@Wisephoton]

You mentioned the driest place like Arizona. The driest air is found in the coldest places.

[@DonKeediks]

Its just a dehumidifier connected to a solar panel

[@vivekkailash9308]

dehumidifier

[@DukeOfChirk]

‘Vaporators...... as in StarWars..... moisture farming.....

[@sharonbraselton4302]

yeß it bit add wattre more raj fal ckes lope uniree drunk water zero durrgh starwars versioñ

[@SCM]

her stare at 3:49 - "what? I don't understand a word that he is saying..."

[@beniaminosani2719]

Didn't knew her before, but...... fantastic piece of journalism. In general all these videos about "revolutionary" ideas in the energetic field purposely forgot some relevant data, like the cost and the efficiency of the system. Here you have all the vital information. Not only: you also have a second and authoritative voice that reminds you that there are others more cost effective system like recycling and recovering of the dark water. Very good. Please forget my poor English.

[@geonerd]

Lauren needs to take some JC physics-type classes, so she can ask intelligent, challenging questions when interviewing "dubious" outfits like this.

[@daSiew]

what if every house has a setup like this? what would this do to our air quality? do we have to breath extremely dry air in the future? doesnt sound healthy...

[@jonetech5324]

No as long as we wont do anything stupid. But with all the homes with this it will rain less because of less water vapor. It probably would get drier though

[@jasoncougar194]

daSiew yes solar panels heat up the atmosphere and this clean water tech will cause less rain. No one wants to talk about the bad things about clean tech truth is there isn't any perfect solution. The old Chinese philosophy is the only way to go to find a balance between the 2.

[@helicopterdriver]

All the air in the atmosphere 5,140 trillion tons of it, combined with all the water in the world, 8,753 billion cubic miles of it, pretty much guarantees these panels wouldn't affect anything. If it did, then the ultimate effect of every surface we turned from moisture absorbing to a non absorbing surface we would have destroyed the water cycle a long time ago. 4/5 ths of the earth is covered in water, mostly polluted, but there to evaporate

[@Kserijaro]

You start selling this to every home and suddently you cut natural water circulation by 50%.

[@randomdwarf]

I don't think it'll just be affecting rainfall...possibly more complex weather patterns...

[@tomcondon6169]

That sounds fine and good, with water vapor. The problem is the corporations that have our government in their grip are dumping barium, mercury, aluminum dioxide, and other contaminants in the air, which suspends in the vapor. I guess like pond water, it gets filtered.

[@forestpepper3621]

There are places in the USA where it is illegal for private citizens to store rain water. It would likely be illegal in those places to use this technology to distill water from the air, as well.

[@TheSh_dow]

How much water can they produce on average every day?

[@WillyJunior]

TheShadow 5 litres... did you watch the video?

[@TheSh_dow]

Thanks, I missed the info.

[@ir0nm8n]

TheShadow I thought it was 5ltr maximum..

[@oSJmee]

In the best possible way under perfect conditions.. so it's unlikely to ever reach 5 liters.

[@TurdFurgeson571]

5L, so long as it's raining... Oh and so long as you've purchased, for the low low price of only $79.99, the reservoir Advanced Water Uptake Collection device, which is an add-on, which is a kiddie pool.

[@thunderb00m]

incoming thunderf00t fanboys including me

[@pinarellolimoncello]

This was my idea, hope they will send me some royalties, everyone pooh poohed it because essentially water collected from a dehumidifier is essentially de-ionised water which is why they say they re-mineralise it.

[@yonatansoler3289]

Great work! Loving this series

[@EddyGraphic]

Damn she's hot.

[@JackieWelles]

beautiful and smart :D

[@EddyGraphic]

Marius Snow yup :V

[@ChristopherBatson]

I'm sure that's the takeaway Goode wanted everyone to have, creep

[@Fattydeposit]

You'll be glad to know that she's got an identical twin that she used to work with on her old videos

[@KarlDag]

lol

[@funny-video-YouTube-channel]

Magic sorcery :-) 100 years ago, the people would call us wizards, if we create water from transparent air :-)

[@Brainbuster]

No, because we need machines like this to do it. The machine creates water from air.

[@anullhandle]

epSos.de , they might just laugh. Thermodynamics isn't a new concept they could see through the marketing hokum.

[@dwightChase]

I think they'd call us insane because this isn't more widely is use

[@ExperimentalFun]

They knew how to do this more then 100 years ago

[@runninggames771]

epSos.de this is literally a dehumidifier...... It cost a shitton of energy to do this. This is not a good idea

[@Fordgroup00]

Interesting concept

[@AmIne-ud9tm]

And of course, that fat fridge 5:05 is powered by solar cells 😂

[@historicalfolklore]

Could be useful in the future, who knows what events could lead to drought. So its a good idea. Anything innovative or creative that contributes to life is a good move.

[@nepalihercules]

we have drought because of less moisture. the reason why the sahara desert is a desert is because there's no moisture, so not a lot of rainfall.

[@roberttalada5196]

Unless it never offsets its cost.

[@richardclark6113]

The price will come down over time.

[@TurdFurgeson571]

The price already came down. You can buy a dehumidifier with a 70L capacity for less than $200.

[@Martin-po9sz]

And solar panels, a filter and connect it yourself.

[@EatMyYeeties]

Thunderfoot covered why this wont work as well as they say it will. Basically it only works even remotely well in humid areas that have water in the air. In desert areas it wont work. It's basically just a solar powered dehumidifier.

[@tecnocato]

This device has provided 100% of our drinking water for more than a year now.

[@SyriusY]

and it only cost you 4500 dollars, when you could have bought that water for the whole years with 6 dollars.

[@tecnocato]

We just had an earthquake and lost power for 3 days. Most people lost drinking water as they run from electrical power. We never ran out of water as we produced our own drinking water.

[@golden-63]

@@tecnocato And it will only take you 750 years to get back your investment. Genius!

[@tecnocato]

@@golden-63 Although is about sustainability and continuity (not ROI), the ROI is about 8 years, not 750.

[@sharonbraselton4302]

yes it dóse

[@OblivionFalls]

Congratulations, you've re-invented the dehumidifier and tacked a $4,500 price tag onto it. Wonderful.

[@sipsofhell9018]

so basically A/C water, why cant you just use regular solar panels (cheaper) and turn up the air conditioning so you can get both cool and water?

[@justin_hyde]

Do you even thermodynamics, bro?

[@josephlashley9459]

In the Bahamas they used solar to evaporations to take water out of salt! They need to collect the water from that for drinking water.

[@e2e4au]

How many gallons of water are used on those lush green lawns we keep seeing in this video.

[@tamaras.8398]

To all who think: isn't this just a dehumidifier ? NO, IT ISN'T! Most dehumidifiers work with direct condensation by cooling down the air with electricity. This works fine for relative humidities about 60-90% (at abt 30degC this means 16.06 to 24.40 g of water per kg of air), but in arid Regions, where there is only little relative humidity like less than 20% (5.26g of water per kg of air), this will need lots of energy since the duepoint is very low. Or it even won't work, since the due point at e.g. 30dec and 10% (2.62 g/kg) is below icing point (-5degC). What this device does is accumulating water by adsorbing to a sorption material and then desorbing it by heating up with solarthermal energy, then it condenses by radiation cooling to the "cold sky" on the inner surface of the panel glass plate. After that the water is mineralized, before it is "real" drinking water. You can't compare with normal tap water, even if it is safe to drink, it might be disbalanced in minerals and taste not very good. Check up what a mineralisation station to make your tap water more tasty/healthy will cost. So, NO, it's NOT just a big dehumidifier, even if you add PV and the mentioned mineralisitation station to it, it won't make as much water as this device... BUT I agree on the cost: People that are in these remote arid regions, can't afford it. That is why they rely on NGOs or fundings to pay in this case. Add to this, in the regions where this device should be apllied, there is no safe tap water at hand... I AGREE that where there is tap water available, it is just a fancy show-off device. AND I still doubt, that they can really reach the indicated amount of water in really really REALLY arid regions. They say the device can gain 5l per day per panel in places with high humidy and 3.5l per panel and day in regions with low humidity. I just wonder what their definition of "low humidity" is...

[@golden-63]

What you described is a dehumidifier. Nothing new here.

[@Jetiix]

“We never explain how it works”

[@georgegreen3470]

Raq Bits just get a dehumidifier or a/c run on solar panels. Don’t forget to filter and boil. 1/10 the price.

[@lm2193]

its just connecting solar panel to 'air-to-water' machine which existed decades ago.

[@sharonbraselton4302]

no on tild cheuf nit his fak resibg coimte chañge

[@forestjuice88]

wow. they actually convinced Australian Government to put near $1 million into 150 panels in Australia.

[@sharonbraselton4302]

gud udear 750 liter dreiñk watrr

[@ryanhaart]

03:05 "here in the Philippines" - in a tropical climate it rains heavily on a regular basis and you can just collect rain water in a barrel.

[@Jogador96]

ryanhaart here in the Philippines we have water shortages from March-May (our summer or dry season) and methods like these would greatly help leverage extreme humidity into water we need.

[@awesomusmaximus3766]

It probably uses stacked Peltier coolers

[@fourbypete]

When people talk about solar, they also talk about solar water heating.

[@jasongooden917]

i had this idea years ago, so glad someone is doing it.

[@georgegreen3470]

Jason Gooden just get a dehumidifier or a/c run on solar panels. Don’t forget to filter and boil. 1/10 the price.

[@tomneu8319]

Yes.. let's make SURE people that absolutely refuse provide for themselves all survive.

[@rubendanvanuden16]

So a large scale working of these solar panels will decrease humidity in the air ? So dry air ? Will this have any impact on the climate.?

[@WolvenSpectre]

I couldn't help but think of Uncle Owen and Aunt Beru on Tattoine.

[@Ballistichydrant]

How well does it produce clean water in a city with poor to poisonous air quality? Like Beijing or Hanoi ?

[@sharonbraselton4302]

very gid biy them

[@colinyuan5404]

for a place which still dont have clean water, i'm wondering does that place also has money to buy this equipment

[@riteshshinde3092]

But won't that thing will reduce moisture resulting in change in temprature and wind directions..i think what dr.gadgil suggested is a better way for dealing with water crisis..

[@BeaveHolio]

I want to drink that 10,000-year-old water.