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sharksfuckyeah t1_j27tde6 wrote
Reply to comment by ItsmyDZNA in Biotech chestnut tree poised to restore lost ecosystems and biodiversity — But it needs your help by Spiffydude98
>Can we survive in high heat with a lot of these over our homes?
Can they survive high heat? What about drought or extreme temperature fluctuations? Because our climate is changing, it might be too late to bring them back.
sharksfuckyeah t1_j21w9py wrote
Reply to comment by darkingz in UIUC Researchers propose a new way to get fresh water from seawater, without the disadvantages of traditional desalination. They say that a vertical “capture surface” that is 210 m wide and 100 m tall, could extract enough vapor floating above warm oceans to supply 500,000 people with freshwater by lughnasadh
> You can’t really repurpose the salt and toxins that are filtered out for consumption.
Maybe we can, though:
https://energycapitalpower.com/researchers-develop-sea-salt-battery-4-times-the-capacity-of-lithium/
sharksfuckyeah t1_j21w7td wrote
Reply to comment by Techutante in UIUC Researchers propose a new way to get fresh water from seawater, without the disadvantages of traditional desalination. They say that a vertical “capture surface” that is 210 m wide and 100 m tall, could extract enough vapor floating above warm oceans to supply 500,000 people with freshwater by lughnasadh
A few days ago I read a headline about salt based batteries being more efficient than lithium batteries. Maybe there’s a way to create batteries while also generating both power and clean water at the same time: https://energycapitalpower.com/researchers-develop-sea-salt-battery-4-times-the-capacity-of-lithium/
sharksfuckyeah t1_j1ztsd4 wrote
Reply to comment by TheTowerBard in Vermont lawmakers aim to make housing more available and affordable by dropkickninja
LOL Yeah, sorry I don’t speak acronym.
sharksfuckyeah t1_j1xr19a wrote
Reply to comment by EpictetussutetcipE in Vermont lawmakers aim to make housing more available and affordable by dropkickninja
What is the “ NEK “ ?
sharksfuckyeah t1_iqpjeo5 wrote
Reply to comment by MetaLizard in The US's National Renewable Energy Laboratory wants to make decentralized microgrids as simple to set up and operate as diesel generators, and has created a prototype that is much simpler than existing microgrid technology. by lughnasadh
You’re assuming the sphere would be solid, composed of solar panels and also inside of Earths orbit. Doesn’t have to be any of those.
sharksfuckyeah t1_j28t0nx wrote
Reply to comment by farinasa in Biotech chestnut tree poised to restore lost ecosystems and biodiversity — But it needs your help by Spiffydude98
Well it’s a good part of the solution. IIRC you can’t just plant any tree anywhere and many NGO’s have been doing it wrong.