On Wed, 16 Oct 2002 17:29:31 -0400, Jim Meissner wrote in <000f01c2755b$655777a0$4c5a3...@default>:
>In an emergency with no distilled water available, I would think it >would be better to add silver ions to the polluted water with this method >than to drink the polluted water with no treatment. Yes? If so it would >be interesting to see how long it takes make the unknown water safe. >Stick the silver rods in a glass of water and wait 5 (?) minutes before >drinking? In an emergency with no distilled water available, I would distill some from rain water, tap or well water or any wet or moist substance. It can be done with a simple solar distiller, in other words as long as there is sunshine (in a nuclear winter scenario we probably just have to say goodbye). I just recently spent a day or so researching solar distillers and found that there are several models on the "market". Most of them can be easily duplicated at home. No electricity involved. The principle is to create a closed space with the water source inside, a cool surface where the water can condense, and have a container ready at the position where the condensed water will drip off the cool surface. Then put it outside into the sunshine and wait until the container is full. This will not only create distilled water for CS-making, but also remove uglies like radioactive dust from rainwater! Simple example (I am just about to build one): Get some clear plastic, cut out a circle and shape it into a wide angled cone. Put water into a round container slightly smaller than the cone. Place a pot into the middle of the container. Cover the container with the cone which of course points downwards. Place the whole thing in the sunshine and wait for the distilled water to appear on the plastic, flow down to the cone's tip, and gather in the pot. My plastic sheet is 1 meter by 1 meter. The model should work at any size, even with a coffee cup in a little cooking pot, but in order to supply water to a family I estimate that the 1 meter (3,3 feet) size would be minimum. The model I originally studied was on the internet. It didn't use solid plastic but plastic foil. It was not built into a solid cone; instead, a little rock was placed in the middle, which resulted in a slightly cone-shaped surface - just enough of an angle to lead the water drops to the center of the foil, right above the pot. Theoretically, any surface, clear or not clear, should serve. But of course the clear plastic creates the same warmth inside the container which we observe in a greenhouse, so the water evaporation would be best. Heidrun Beer Workgroup for Fundamental Spiritual Research and Mental Training http://www.sgmt.at -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. Instructions for unsubscribing may be found at: http://silverlist.org To post, address your message to: [email protected] Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
