"Can Humans Survive on Water Vapor Alone?" Topic

"The world is full of water, flushing down our toilets and flowing from our taps. And yet where I live, in the American Southwest, and quite possibly where you live, the kind of water people need to survive is getting harder to come by. Across the region, temperatures are rising and droughts are getting more severe, and in the coming decades the West will struggle to supply the water its residents and businesses demand. Even in wetter regions like the Gulf Coast, where the storms are getting stronger and the rainfall more persistent, much of that water glut is washing back out to sea, unused, leaving a path of destruction in its wake.

So I worry about the stuff: where it'll come from, who will own it, when it will dry up. To steady my mind, I've turned to technology. More exactly, the emerging innovations that will keep us hydrated in the not-so-distant desertified future. There's a company called NBD Nanotechnologies, based in Boston, which makes coatings that can be added to plastic and metal surfaces, allowing them to pull water out of thin air. (NBD stands for Namib Beetle Design, referring to an insect that captures moisture on its body from surrounding fog.)…"
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Amicalement
Armand

There are lots of models who seem to subsist on only water vapor and camera flashes.

Dan

(smile)

Amicalement
Armand

Here is a great idea. Don't live where there is no water.

Yep stop moving to deserts or areas where the local water is no longer sufficient.

And yet so many people seem to want to keep moving to California for some reason. :)

Dan

Well, CC, in California the water problem is primarily the result of policies favored by the existing inhabitants, so that could change fairly quickly it they really want to do so.