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and les says:
i wouldnt take ian seriously. making water from two gases (H and O) is
not so hard in the laboratory, fuel cells do it:
http://www.ectechnic.co.uk/BASICS.HTML
no planck scale nonsense.
the point though is the energy required to capture/seperate quantities
of hydrogen and oxygen in such a way that power in (capture/seperate)
- power out (fuel cell) is not prohibtive.
so, realistically making more drinking water for the world, in
quantity with no excess power drain and at cost?
ask the econs, but i would guess its way way way cheaper to keep water
clean (no pollutants in) and clean water (filter, seperate pollutants
from water) than it is to make water from the air.
(and obviously stealing from the air is not such a hot idea either.)
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CB: Yes, we do need oxygen as oxygen too.
