Oh, I Hope This Pans Out!

[Dave2]

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The gist of it is that they think they've figured out how to make a wastewater treatment facility that makes both clean water *and* electricity.

If it all works, my first inclination would be to install them in costal desert communities, hook them up to desalination plants, and pump fresh water into the desert for irrigation.

[Rex B]

I'll let them convert my aerobic septic system as a trial.

Long as i don't get shocked when i flush

[RPB]

I'll let them convert my aerobic septic system as a trial.

Long as i don't get shocked when i flush

Since my brother's water well pump runs on electricity, it uses electricity to refill the tank each flush, so ... if a generator turbine is hooked to the flushed wastewater so it turns the turbine, ... I think we have a water making ....electricity making .... perpetual motion machine .... but someone has to work at flushing 24/7 .... oh well.

[Oldgringo]

I'm tryin' to think of the last time we visited a 'coastal desert' community.

[RPB]

I'm tryin' to think of the last time we visited a 'coastal desert' community.

If everyone thought in advance of stuff like that we'd never have had lots of electric car charging stations scattered around Austin and other cities for all the Obama cars which get you almost half way to work before needing a 12 hour charge to go the rest of the way to the office and all the other useless ...


Oh well, at least the money didn't go to some OTHER science student researching "The Butterfly Effect" Memory and Batman on the Government's (taxpayers') dime.

Perhaps this lady can produce food and living cities out of desert wasteland in Peru... or cartels will have more farmland.

[WildBill]

I'm tryin' to think of the last time we visited a 'coastal desert' community.

I guess you never went to L.A.

[sjfcontrol]

I'm tryin' to think of the last time we visited a 'coastal desert' community.

I guess you never went to L.A.

Or San Diego.

[sjfcontrol]

I'll let them convert my aerobic septic system as a trial.

Long as i don't get shocked when i flush

Sorry to break it to you, but it's not when you "flush" that you'll get zapped.

[Oldgringo]

I'm tryin' to think of the last time we visited a 'coastal desert' community.

I guess you never went to L.A.

Or San Diego.

No, no I have never been to L.A. or San Diego...and have absolutely no plans of ever going there. You?

We have traveled through the Redwoods coming out in Crescent City. The Metro areas hold no appeal.

[The Annoyed Man]

I'd like to see some installed in Washington DC and let Congress power the nation instead of pumping us dry.

[Dave2]

I'm tryin' to think of the last time we visited a 'coastal desert' community.

I guess you never went to L.A.

Or San Diego.

No, no I have never been to L.A. or San Diego...and have absolutely no plans of ever going there. You?

We have traveled through the Redwoods coming out in Crescent City. The Metro areas hold no appeal.

Southern CA (most of the state, actually, IIRC) is naturally a desert. All the water used by agriculture is pumped in from other states, so those peoples' water bills would go down if CA could supply their own irrigation water.

Really, though, I was thinking mostly of the Sahara Desert and the food/water shortage in parts of Africa.