$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.
@VishalMaharathy6 жыл бұрын
Bro, solar panel is the only thing that's expensive.
@ExperimentalFun6 жыл бұрын
Maybe $200 for the solar panel
@VishalMaharathy6 жыл бұрын
Also, dehumidifier does bot produces drinking water, go on and google, u will get it.
@ExperimentalFun6 жыл бұрын
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.
@VishalMaharathy6 жыл бұрын
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.
@Gamex9966 жыл бұрын
isn't this just big dehumidifier ?
@conconc6786 жыл бұрын
Gamex996 a big 'solar powered' dehumidifier for people who don't like free tap water or even bottled water lol
@doodbool37196 жыл бұрын
Gamex996 a solar powered one. Which makes all the differance
@iain37136 жыл бұрын
Gamex996 kinda but it doesn't seem to use a condenser ie more efficient
@conconc6786 жыл бұрын
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"
@cameronscott18536 жыл бұрын
imconconc678 Tap water is not free everywhere.
@DoRC6 жыл бұрын
It's a dehumidifier....
@PHlophe6 жыл бұрын
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!
@bigbossyair6 жыл бұрын
lochiffresix six.. hello friend, can you provide info about your equipment, I really thankfully if you show me that info...
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...
@lilaclizard45046 жыл бұрын
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_dow6 жыл бұрын
Thunderf00t?
@morrow81966 жыл бұрын
Soon
@sebmason6 жыл бұрын
Beat me to it lad
@ir0nm8n6 жыл бұрын
I was thinking the exact same thing, someone plz send him this ;)
@SiemkaSiema6 жыл бұрын
No need. He have already showed that all "water out of thin air" solutions are scams.
@Brandon_letsgo6 жыл бұрын
TheShadow the video is 100% BS. Probably to get subsides
@ronaldabelilla35756 жыл бұрын
This is good. My only concern is; how does air pollution affects the quality of water it produces in areas like Beijing?
@jorgejimenez18776 жыл бұрын
So, basically they're harvesting condensation? It's a large, solar-powered dehumidifier.
@BenLewisE6 жыл бұрын
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?
@ranjitr30596 жыл бұрын
Ben Lewis Israel even used desalination from sea water too
@jonetech53246 жыл бұрын
Cost, you’ve got to make huge desalination plants and then pipe it to a desert. Not cheap
@thepope24126 жыл бұрын
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.
@danialK96 жыл бұрын
Sea water desalination is an expensive energy hog and it also damages the environment by making the water more salty.
@thepope24126 жыл бұрын
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.
@karebu26 жыл бұрын
5L of water a day and $4500? Okay.
@nepalihercules6 жыл бұрын
on a cloudless sun day
@TimBox6 жыл бұрын
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.
@EGOS426 жыл бұрын
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.
@nepalihercules6 жыл бұрын
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
@pavankmanjithaya6 жыл бұрын
Thats the real price of water we waste everyday! Only when such resources becomes so scare its value kicks in
@senthilkumaran79146 жыл бұрын
Did anyone else notice how she pointed to Indonesia and called it the Philippines?
@senthilkumaran79146 жыл бұрын
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
@parillo126 жыл бұрын
solar powered dehumidifiers! YAY RE INVENTING THE WHEEL
@jessstuart74956 жыл бұрын
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.
@sharonbraselton43022 жыл бұрын
yes fgd will ¹0 lurré per dsy
@fhuber75076 жыл бұрын
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.
@brennanconway37286 жыл бұрын
Points at Indonesia but says "The Philippines"
@spiky77944 жыл бұрын
Was about to comment the same. Might as well like your comment instead. Hehe
@MichaelGGarry6 жыл бұрын
How many Thunderf00t calls! Get the Thunderf00t signal!
@georgegreen34706 жыл бұрын
Thunderf00t got them lol
@ravindersembi39556 жыл бұрын
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.21476 жыл бұрын
Ravinder Sembi ?nope
@buttercrazy306 жыл бұрын
It will alter Ph levels and mineralize the water so this should be safe assuming those functions never fail.
@ir0nm8n6 жыл бұрын
YibTube well, pH level and adding minerals doesn't necessarily clean the water from any harmful substances?!😂
@JermanRamirez6 жыл бұрын
YibTube that's not the same as filtering....
@fittony6 жыл бұрын
yeah what prevents other form of vapor (not water) from condensing in the panel and mixing with the water
@nathangek6 жыл бұрын
5400 dollars will totally help me save on the amount I spend on bottled water.
@nodinitiative6 жыл бұрын
PNathan 5400USD = 22,090 liters or 5,835 gallons of distilled drinking water. How much do you spend on distilled bottle water?
@golden-634 жыл бұрын
@@nodinitiative Sarcasm not detected...
@sharonbraselton43022 жыл бұрын
buy it tgeñ
@codywisenbaker48076 жыл бұрын
Sounds like another story I know about a young moister farmer from the desert...
@DukeOfChirk6 жыл бұрын
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
@jihadalsadah78325 жыл бұрын
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.
@sharonbraselton43022 жыл бұрын
largest 250 letes per day graohe cersin 375 liters per day all sokar watt 100 per hiys ih one orr per day
@lujitsu12519 ай бұрын
Agreed
@LordMauel6 жыл бұрын
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 🎉
@StreakyBaconMan2 жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
That and they are blocking out sun with chemtrails
@AceChampElite6 жыл бұрын
Sooooo this will make the area even more arid?
@stu83486 жыл бұрын
Someone get Thunderf00t
@xBloodXGusherx6 жыл бұрын
Why him? did he predict this or something?
@apeoplesperson6 жыл бұрын
#thunderf00t
@jangelelcangry6 жыл бұрын
+Viq kzbin.info/www/bejne/a2ebmnePo52joMU
@adityaramesh92026 жыл бұрын
6:48 here is your answer.
@TheyCalledMeT6 жыл бұрын
desalination of sea water would be FAR FAR more efficient
@Amenti_H6 жыл бұрын
Solar freaking watersomething! Yet another scam with the same stupid idea...
@colleenforrest79366 жыл бұрын
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.
@georgegreen34706 жыл бұрын
Colleen Forrest just get a dehumidifier or a/c run on solar panels. Don’t forget to filter and boil. 1/10 the price.
@mimas33466 жыл бұрын
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.
@chengong3886 жыл бұрын
Let me guess, solar powered thermal electric dehumidifier?
@SujayKamisetty6 жыл бұрын
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.
@rogerhegemier84913 жыл бұрын
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 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@sharonbraselton43022 жыл бұрын
we star our 6000 per 5 kuters 1 3 cust recs cust 2 thír cheaper
@sharonbraselton43022 жыл бұрын
1 lter 600 now onky 200
@KrK-EST6 жыл бұрын
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-EST6 жыл бұрын
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.
@LAPGOCHINSTRUCTOR6 жыл бұрын
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.
@acecarpenter5026 жыл бұрын
Moister farming? Where is the blue milk?
@rayrodriguez29466 жыл бұрын
sounds like a scam
@12sin86 жыл бұрын
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.
@jonetech53246 жыл бұрын
It’s just like a mini cloud
@thepope24126 жыл бұрын
It is. Water treatment is far far more efficient for making drinkable water.
@jessstuart74956 жыл бұрын
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.
@xCestLaVie16 жыл бұрын
Ray Rodriguez Everyone used to say solar panels were a scam, now they're cost effective and viable. Lots of pseudo intellectuals out there.
@naumankhan10665 жыл бұрын
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.
@markbtw79876 жыл бұрын
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.
@jzk20206 жыл бұрын
this would be a great solution... if it could produce 50 liters per day and the price tag was 500 bucks Max.
@CoIoneIPanic2 жыл бұрын
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.
@sharonbraselton43022 жыл бұрын
250 lirer per day 25000 dolars jyst jeñtun started
@sokacsavok6 жыл бұрын
Where is Thunderf00t when we need him?
@DrZond4 жыл бұрын
He responded, in true form.
@rakeshsah22227 ай бұрын
I work in this company. Thank you very much for making this video! Thank you so much boss ❤❤❤
@dxelson6 жыл бұрын
"That's Philippines right?" That killed me
@aidanmccready22776 жыл бұрын
3:05 "Here in the Philippines" *points to Singapore
@thaminduKavinda6 жыл бұрын
That project is a dollar mine in the future
@For4Reel6 жыл бұрын
Not really much to expensive and less effective. it would be better an efficient to build a bigger electricity powered condenser
@amirnazhan6 жыл бұрын
Thamindu kavinda the cost for manufacturing solar panel is still expensive but there are so many advantages when comparing with power plant.
@rockydo23076 жыл бұрын
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.
@thaminduKavinda6 жыл бұрын
Rocky Do totally agree with you.
@nilz916 жыл бұрын
running this big-arse humidifier takes more power than that tiny solar panel can produce.
@michellebinder51316 жыл бұрын
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.
@lilaclizard45046 жыл бұрын
If you put a dehumidifier (or this device) into a sealed room with a humidifier, who would win?
@MichaelGGarry6 жыл бұрын
$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...
@nepalihercules6 жыл бұрын
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
@MichaelGGarry6 жыл бұрын
"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.....
@nepalihercules6 жыл бұрын
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.
@MichaelGGarry6 жыл бұрын
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.
@nepalihercules6 жыл бұрын
you must live in a shitty country if you cant drink tap water
@N0N01116 жыл бұрын
The full shots are amazing!
@chillgreg6 жыл бұрын
Lauren I LOVE your mini-docos. Quality, interesting. AAA+ Thank you :)
@LeahandLevi6 жыл бұрын
THIS STUFF MAKES ME SO STOKED FOR THE FUTURE!!!
@R.DeMora6 жыл бұрын
If by the future you mean getting scammed then... ok?
@LegoLikeDaBlocks246 жыл бұрын
thunderf00t we need you homie.
@avi8r663 жыл бұрын
he heard your prayer
@LegoLikeDaBlocks243 жыл бұрын
@@avi8r66 he did, I feel blessed
@manishsinghbisht30106 жыл бұрын
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?
@martyr846 жыл бұрын
It's to seal the cracks in the road.
@DespaceMan6 жыл бұрын
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.
@conconc6786 жыл бұрын
Or maybe someone likes to do crazy deformed doughnuts on the road
@theproceedings40504 жыл бұрын
OOOOOOOOH, a desiccant powered dehumidifier this is totally groundbreaking and in no way a waste of time and money.
@TheTwick4 жыл бұрын
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!?
@MrPorkistan7866 жыл бұрын
in America you can make anything and sell anything
@Yoxorg6 жыл бұрын
Here comes my wigga thunderf00t BOIII
@iamthepolice6 жыл бұрын
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!!!
@IsmailAdiputra6 жыл бұрын
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.
@safari3386 жыл бұрын
Thunderfoot-waterseer part 2
@johnsunlight6 жыл бұрын
This has never and will never be practical. Doesn't the verge have a science editor to filter out these junk science topics?
@tecnocato4 жыл бұрын
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.
@SciHeartJourney4 жыл бұрын
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.
@MIS322646 жыл бұрын
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.
@grimx57726 жыл бұрын
Yo Thunderf00t where you at?
@roberttalada51966 жыл бұрын
#Thunderf00t
@irvalfirestar62656 жыл бұрын
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.
@sokacsavok6 жыл бұрын
For $4500 you can move to a sensible place.
@palleppalsson6 жыл бұрын
except that the 5 l was the max for the system not the Arizona numbers. Zero mass is a fitting name.
@iain37136 жыл бұрын
Irval Firestar 4 litres a day really i drink around 2.5
@nepalihercules6 жыл бұрын
so if you have a family of 4, you'd need 4 times that.
@ExperimentalFun6 жыл бұрын
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
@Wisephoton6 жыл бұрын
You mentioned the driest place like Arizona. The driest air is found in the coldest places.
@DonKeediks6 жыл бұрын
Its just a dehumidifier connected to a solar panel
@vivekkailash93086 жыл бұрын
dehumidifier
@DukeOfChirk6 жыл бұрын
‘Vaporators...... as in StarWars..... moisture farming.....
@sharonbraselton43022 жыл бұрын
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@SCM6 жыл бұрын
her stare at 3:49 - "what? I don't understand a word that he is saying..."
@beniaminosani27196 жыл бұрын
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.
@geonerd6 жыл бұрын
Lauren needs to take some JC physics-type classes, so she can ask intelligent, challenging questions when interviewing "dubious" outfits like this.
@daSiew6 жыл бұрын
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...
@jonetech53246 жыл бұрын
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
@jasoncougar1946 жыл бұрын
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.
@helicopterdriver6 жыл бұрын
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
@Kserijaro6 жыл бұрын
You start selling this to every home and suddently you cut natural water circulation by 50%.
@randomdwarf6 жыл бұрын
I don't think it'll just be affecting rainfall...possibly more complex weather patterns...
@tomcondon61694 жыл бұрын
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.
@forestpepper36216 жыл бұрын
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_dow6 жыл бұрын
How much water can they produce on average every day?
@WillyJunior6 жыл бұрын
TheShadow 5 litres... did you watch the video?
@TheSh_dow6 жыл бұрын
Thanks, I missed the info.
@ir0nm8n6 жыл бұрын
TheShadow I thought it was 5ltr maximum..
@oSJmee6 жыл бұрын
In the best possible way under perfect conditions.. so it's unlikely to ever reach 5 liters.
@TurdFurgeson5716 жыл бұрын
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.
@thunderb00m6 жыл бұрын
incoming thunderf00t fanboys including me
@pinarellolimoncello6 жыл бұрын
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.
@yonatansoler32896 жыл бұрын
Great work! Loving this series
@EddyGraphic6 жыл бұрын
Damn she's hot.
@JackieWelles6 жыл бұрын
beautiful and smart :D
@EddyGraphic6 жыл бұрын
Marius Snow yup :V
@ChristopherBatson6 жыл бұрын
I'm sure that's the takeaway Goode wanted everyone to have, creep
@Fattydeposit6 жыл бұрын
You'll be glad to know that she's got an identical twin that she used to work with on her old videos
@KarlDag6 жыл бұрын
lol
@funny-video-YouTube-channel6 жыл бұрын
Magic sorcery :-) 100 years ago, the people would call us wizards, if we create water from transparent air :-)
@Brainbuster6 жыл бұрын
No, because we need machines like this to do it. The machine creates water from air.
@anullhandle6 жыл бұрын
epSos.de , they might just laugh. Thermodynamics isn't a new concept they could see through the marketing hokum.
@dwightChase6 жыл бұрын
I think they'd call us insane because this isn't more widely is use
@ExperimentalFun6 жыл бұрын
They knew how to do this more then 100 years ago
@runninggames7716 жыл бұрын
epSos.de this is literally a dehumidifier...... It cost a shitton of energy to do this. This is not a good idea
@Fordgroup006 жыл бұрын
Interesting concept
@AmIne-ud9tm6 жыл бұрын
And of course, that fat fridge 5:05 is powered by solar cells 😂
@historicalfolklore6 жыл бұрын
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.
@nepalihercules6 жыл бұрын
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.
@roberttalada51966 жыл бұрын
Unless it never offsets its cost.
@richardclark61136 жыл бұрын
The price will come down over time.
@TurdFurgeson5716 жыл бұрын
The price already came down. You can buy a dehumidifier with a 70L capacity for less than $200.
@Martin-po9sz6 жыл бұрын
And solar panels, a filter and connect it yourself.
@EatMyYeeties6 жыл бұрын
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.
@tecnocato5 жыл бұрын
This device has provided 100% of our drinking water for more than a year now.
@SyriusY5 жыл бұрын
and it only cost you 4500 dollars, when you could have bought that water for the whole years with 6 dollars.
@tecnocato4 жыл бұрын
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-634 жыл бұрын
@@tecnocato And it will only take you 750 years to get back your investment. Genius!
@tecnocato4 жыл бұрын
@@golden-63 Although is about sustainability and continuity (not ROI), the ROI is about 8 years, not 750.
@sharonbraselton43022 жыл бұрын
yes it dóse
@OblivionFalls6 жыл бұрын
Congratulations, you've re-invented the dehumidifier and tacked a $4,500 price tag onto it. Wonderful.
@sipsofhell90186 жыл бұрын
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_hyde6 жыл бұрын
Do you even thermodynamics, bro?
@josephlashley94595 жыл бұрын
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.
@e2e4au5 жыл бұрын
How many gallons of water are used on those lush green lawns we keep seeing in this video.
@tamaras.83984 жыл бұрын
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-634 жыл бұрын
What you described is a dehumidifier. Nothing new here.
@Jetiix6 жыл бұрын
“We never explain how it works”
@georgegreen34706 жыл бұрын
Raq Bits just get a dehumidifier or a/c run on solar panels. Don’t forget to filter and boil. 1/10 the price.
@lm21936 жыл бұрын
its just connecting solar panel to 'air-to-water' machine which existed decades ago.
@sharonbraselton43022 жыл бұрын
no on tild cheuf nit his fak resibg coimte chañge
@forestjuice884 жыл бұрын
wow. they actually convinced Australian Government to put near $1 million into 150 panels in Australia.
@sharonbraselton43022 жыл бұрын
gud udear 750 liter dreiñk watrr
@ryanhaart6 жыл бұрын
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.
@Jogador964 жыл бұрын
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.
@awesomusmaximus37666 жыл бұрын
It probably uses stacked Peltier coolers
@fourbypete6 жыл бұрын
When people talk about solar, they also talk about solar water heating.
@jasongooden9176 жыл бұрын
i had this idea years ago, so glad someone is doing it.
@georgegreen34706 жыл бұрын
Jason Gooden just get a dehumidifier or a/c run on solar panels. Don’t forget to filter and boil. 1/10 the price.
@tomneu83196 жыл бұрын
Yes.. let's make SURE people that absolutely refuse provide for themselves all survive.
@rubendanvanuden166 жыл бұрын
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.?
@WolvenSpectre6 жыл бұрын
I couldn't help but think of Uncle Owen and Aunt Beru on Tattoine.
@Ballistichydrant6 жыл бұрын
How well does it produce clean water in a city with poor to poisonous air quality? Like Beijing or Hanoi ?
@sharonbraselton43022 жыл бұрын
very gid biy them
@colinyuan54046 жыл бұрын
for a place which still dont have clean water, i'm wondering does that place also has money to buy this equipment
@riteshshinde30926 жыл бұрын
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..