I see it now, water being locked up in seawater, distilling seems like an option, Nature does it all the time... However, considering that the oceans have been a waste dump for the toxins that industry creates, I would hesitate about considering distilled seawater clean. Sure, the salts won't vaporize at water-distillation temperatures, however, I expect that a number of volatile hydrocarbons could end up with the distilled water. Reverse Osmosis comes to mind as a secondary filtration stage...
doug swanson Jason& Katie wrote: > heres where a solar still would come in handy. the only drawback is > you would have to scrape the mineral sediments out of the container > every so often. if a survivalist can suck the water out of desert sand > with a plastic bag, saltwater is childs play. > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Zeke Yewdall <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > *To:* biofuel@sustainablelists.org > <mailto:biofuel@sustainablelists.org> > *Sent:* Saturday, January 27, 2007 9:31 PM > *Subject:* Re: [Biofuel] 6 stroke motor > > It's not so much peak water, as peak usueable water. If we want > freshwater, the oceans are out (or at least expensive to turn into > fresh water). That's the problem -- if areas become more arid and > glaciers melt, even more of the earth's water will be locked up as > saltwater. > > Z > > On 1/26/07, *doug swanson* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > OK, I hear the term "peak water" and know the idea behind it, > but I > can't wrap my mind around the idea that water will become > scarcer as the > globe warms, unless it escapes our atmosphere into space. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > Biofuel mailing list > Biofuel@sustainablelists.org > http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 > messages): > http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.431 / Virus Database: 268.17.10/651 - Release Date: > 1/24/2007 6:48 PM > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >No virus found in this outgoing message. >Checked by AVG Free Edition. >Version: 7.5.431 / Virus Database: 268.17.12/655 - Release Date: 1/28/2007 >1:12 PM > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >_______________________________________________ >Biofuel mailing list >Biofuel@sustainablelists.org >http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org > >Biofuel at Journey to Forever: >http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > >Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): >http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ > > > -- Contentment comes not from having more, but from wanting less. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * All generalizations are false. Including this one. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * This email is constructed entirely with OpenSource Software. _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
