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MIT Passive Desalination system could produce freshwater that is cheaper than tap water, scales down to the size of a suitcase. (news.mit.edu)

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According to MIT, this technology works even at small scale, with one the size of a suitcase able to desalinate 6 litres per hour, and only needing to be serviced every few years.

Here's a video detailing how it works.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 10 months ago

We could really use this. Even Egypt is looking into desalination plants because the Nile doesn't provide enough water for Egypt's growing needs. In Sudan it is even worse because of the brutal proxy war waging there.

A lot of the energy used in the Arabian Gulf and therefore the CO2 emissions per capita is because of that. If we could get our water efficiently we could reduce our environmental impact significantly.