Thursday, April 19, 2012

I came like water, and like wind I go - Edward Fitzgerald

On the Importance of Water... and the Coolest Thing in Wind Energy Since the Dutch






Check out Eole Water. Their technology pulls moisture from the air using a self-sustaining turbine system. Imagine the implications. Upwards of 300 gallons of water a day - out of thin air, literally. Infrastructure-free water.
How many 1/2 barrels is that? Five different filters further clean the water as the condensed moisture travels across stainless steel. Works differently depending on where it's at, say a coastal area or desert - but either way, it gets the water. The company has already partnered with some giants like Siemens, so I'm sure we'll have giant turbines robbing the sky of clouds.


Check out your own water foot print: Water Foot Print Network analysis.


You won't believe it."There are 7 billion people to feed on the planet today and another 2 billion are expected to join by 2050. Statistics say that each of us drinks from 2 to 4 litres of water every day, however most of the water we ‘drink’ is embedded in the food we eat: producing 1 kilo of beef for example consumes 15,000 litres of water while 1 kilo of wheat ’drinks up’ 1,500 liters" (World Water Day, 2012). Gotta check out the facts and how we can be smarter about this thing that we are:


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