So cool: Technology turns clouds & fog into fresh water for people in driest part of Morocco--

[tblue37]

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[Pinback]

1. Great project. Thanks for posting.

Uplifting and beneficial. Just what we all need right about now.

[3Hotdogs]

2. Wasn't there a system in the Middle East, a couple'a thousand years ago? Mounds, 3 or 4 ft high,

would be build to cover about 30% of the land. Morning dew would accumulate on the mounds of dirt and provide moisture for farming.

[3auld6phart]

3. Truly

amazing.

[MineralMan]

4. Dune.

[Hekate]

5. Yes -- wind traps

Did you read that when it came out? Wiki says it was a 2-part serial in Analog in 1965, and that’s where I first read it. It was fascinating.

On edit: Wikipedia can’t make up its mind — in another section it says Dune was serialized in 3 parts 1963-64. No matter — my dad subscribed to Analog and I spent my childhood and adolescence reading it.

[MineralMan]

14. I read it when the book came out and showed up at

My hometown library. Couldn't afford an Analog subscription. I reread it 20 years later. A favorite.

[pecosbob]

6. They should put these on rooftops in San Francisco

[harumph]

7. This technology is hundreds if not thousands of years old.

[cbabe]

8. Question: what happens to other areas the clouds would cover

and water if they’re ‘farmed’ of their moisture first?

[JCMach1]

9. Nothing... you have places like Dubai that get the humidity from the monsoons in Summer, but do

not get rain...

So, literally the moisture is simply wasted due to the prevalent high pressure in desert regions...
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[cbabe]

10. Thanks. Sounds like good problem solving.

[JCMach1]

15. Or geography with mountains get ocean fog regularly (like Morocco)

Even extremely dry deserts like the Namib and Atacama

NAMIB= cold ocean current fog

Atacama= cold ocean and Andes uplift

[oasis]

11. Great.

[Demovictory9]

12. cool!

[miyazaki]

13. Also with the Warka Water Towers