Almonds are healthy but maybe not so ideal for areas experiencing shortages on water. Almonds take a lot of water to produce yet this does not seem to be stopping farmers from growing them. Cameron explains that it "takes 1.1 gallons to produce a single almond" (pg 9). With roughly 275 almonds in one pound and 600 million pounds of almonds grown per year, the revenue a crewed does not seem worth the cost of the aquifers. One simple, yet brilliant way to guard against the consequences of drought is to find a solution that uses resources without causing repercussions in other areas. Fog catchers imitate beetles from the Namin Desert, which have been using fog as drinking water for ages (Cameron Pg. 4). Cameron describes how the "bumpy
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This technology feels like a futuristic solution, nonetheless, there is a company, Aqua Sciences, who have claimed to be able to do just that. Aqua Sciences claims to have the ability to "dispense hundreds to thousands of gallons of water daily by capturing and processing naturally occurring water molecules from the air" (Cameron pg. 5). Aqua Sciences even have a contract with the U.S. miltary to deploy this technique in area "such as Haiti and Saudi Arabia, where it has produced 600 gallons of clean water per …show more content…
Desalination seems to fit the bill. Desalination is the process of removing salt from ocean water using reverse osmosis. This concept is currently being built on a large scale process to check the feasibility in San Diego County costing a total of $1 billion dollars. A facility of this size can provide roughly 300,000 people safe water. Unfortunately, there are downsides to this process. It is quite expensive and takes quite a bit of energy. According to Cameron, the cost is "$2,000 an acre foot. Another downside is the carbon emissions are the carbon emissions. So what seems like a no brainer, unfortunately, has a few negatives. However, Manoj Bhargava in the youtube video Billions of Change describes his desalination as energy efficient. Bhargava wants to put thousands of this desalination devices onto barges outside of cities needing relief from drought. For instance, according to Bhargava, Californias ' drought problem could be solved with a few hundred barges with a couple thousand of the desalination devices on each one. The desalination devices heat the water causing water vapor. The water moisture is transferred to a new chamber and distilled into water. The devices do take energy to heat the water, but there is energy released when the water is made, and that energy is recycled to help continue to heat more water making
This technology feels like a futuristic solution, nonetheless, there is a company, Aqua Sciences, who have claimed to be able to do just that. Aqua Sciences claims to have the ability to "dispense hundreds to thousands of gallons of water daily by capturing and processing naturally occurring water molecules from the air" (Cameron pg. 5). Aqua Sciences even have a contract with the U.S. miltary to deploy this technique in area "such as Haiti and Saudi Arabia, where it has produced 600 gallons of clean water per …show more content…
Desalination seems to fit the bill. Desalination is the process of removing salt from ocean water using reverse osmosis. This concept is currently being built on a large scale process to check the feasibility in San Diego County costing a total of $1 billion dollars. A facility of this size can provide roughly 300,000 people safe water. Unfortunately, there are downsides to this process. It is quite expensive and takes quite a bit of energy. According to Cameron, the cost is "$2,000 an acre foot. Another downside is the carbon emissions are the carbon emissions. So what seems like a no brainer, unfortunately, has a few negatives. However, Manoj Bhargava in the youtube video Billions of Change describes his desalination as energy efficient. Bhargava wants to put thousands of this desalination devices onto barges outside of cities needing relief from drought. For instance, according to Bhargava, Californias ' drought problem could be solved with a few hundred barges with a couple thousand of the desalination devices on each one. The desalination devices heat the water causing water vapor. The water moisture is transferred to a new chamber and distilled into water. The devices do take energy to heat the water, but there is energy released when the water is made, and that energy is recycled to help continue to heat more water making