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Dr Erik Leipoldt has long been concerned about the effects of global warming. He uses his experience of severe disability in practical approaches towards alternate energy sources to survive and thrive with climate change. See http://www.alternate-energy-sources.com/ |
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Comments on all articles by Erik Leipoldt (1,040)   How To Make Water From Air Indy from San Clemente, CA, USA: (100 days 7 hours ago.) Excuse me, but wouldn't an alcohol type still heated by an electrical element powered by a solar panel or wind turbine work just as well AND sterilize the water? Or perhaps a focused solar mirror set-up heating a tube left out in the sun, sucking up ambient air by the rising heat, and then condensing the water in the copper tubing left in the shade to be placed in a basin?... No moving parts, will last a VERY long time, sturdy as can be, cheap, and the units can be air dropped all over the globe in the middle of nowhere to aid desolate poor villages and whatnot without ever needing to be serviced?...... Erik: (100 days 6 hours ago.) Thanks Indy. Good to explore this water-from-air concept further. I don't know the answer. Have you tested these ideas? Cheers Erik Erik from Perth, Australia: (319 days 14 hours ago.) Well Eric, what false facts do you list? Please be specific. Eric from Los Angeles, CA: (319 days 18 hours ago.)  This article is full of false facts. Erik Leipoldt from Perth: (1 year 13 days ago.) Well, I think water-from-air technology has a future, as one approach towards water scarcity. Whether governments will subsidise it or not is another question. Not inconceivable though: just look at the government subsidies for car LPG conversion, solar panels, bores and so on. Water-from-air technology certainly works. I believe the US Army uses it in Iraq. Max Whisson's commercial water harvester is just a matter of time. Look in the author resource box below my article for more info. Quinny from Gold Coast: (1 year 13 days ago.) With the "debates" occurring in Qld at the moment over dams, pipelines, recycling and desalination how much would it cost the Qld govt to install water-from-air, holding tank etc in each home as opposed to the billions on the above systems - never happen of course because of lost revenue when people are independent Erik Leipoldt from Perth: (1 year 33 days ago.) Thanks David. Desalination from ocean water is indeed been around for a long time. Obtaining water directly from air has not. The two ways of doing that with this new technology, described in my article, are condensation and using salts to harvest the water in the air. Does that assist? There are further explorations on this if you go to the URL in my author box below the article.. Comment by David Tanguay (5,777)       David Tanguay   (1 year 33 days ago.)Erik, I've come back to re-read your article. I've heard years ago of how we make clean drinking water from ocean water. Your article doesn't make any sense to me. Erik Leipoldt from Perth, Western Australia: (1 year 51 days ago.)  Thanks David and Ben for your comments. It does certainly seem the time for innovative inventions. Now all we need is the wisdom of relational thinking to guide appropriate use of technology towards a truly sustainable world for all. Comment by Ben Jones (4,858)   Ben Jones (1 year 51 days ago.)Erik, enjoyed your article and certainly looking forward to a market release of the Whisson's Windmill. I find it fascinating how many ingenious inventions seem to come out of Australia. Might write up an article on some of the more well known ones. Thanks for the idea! Comment by David Tanguay (5,777) David Tanguay (1 year 58 days ago.)A truly sustainable future will involve love of our home, the Earth, and for each other. Simple as that. "Couldn't have said it better myself Dr. Leipoldt" Very interesting article Seven Reasons For Not Buying A Hybrid Car Erik Leipoldt from Perth, Western Australia: (1 year 106 days ago.) Thanks for the compliment JL. As you understand, I do not reject hybrid cars as having their place in a range of clean(er) energy initiatives. They just do not represent the Holy Grail in tackling global warming. JL from US: (1 year 106 days ago.)  Great article, Erik! I agree with you totally. |
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