> I believe the point is that by just collecting and capturing the natural water vapor that this would be no more than normal
I’m no expert, but isn’t it classic human folly to believe that altering one piece of the natural machine would have basically no impact?
Again, not an expert, but couldn’t something like no water vapors -> fewer rain clouds -> less rain in certain areas? Are we just punting the problem elsewhere?
momo_0 t1_j21o5r3 wrote
Reply to comment by kmosiman 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
> I believe the point is that by just collecting and capturing the natural water vapor that this would be no more than normal
I’m no expert, but isn’t it classic human folly to believe that altering one piece of the natural machine would have basically no impact?
Again, not an expert, but couldn’t something like no water vapors -> fewer rain clouds -> less rain in certain areas? Are we just punting the problem elsewhere?