"Water, Water All Around But Not a Drop to Drink." NO LONGER TRUE! Dramatic Engineering Improvements of Solar Powered Desalinization Plants have made turning Seawater into Drinking Water in VAST Quantities a Reality.

Useful for Watering Plants, Livestock, Taking Showers, Filling Swimming Pools, Lawns and Making Ice Cubes for your "Scotch on the Rocks" Beverage.  

Desalinization is The WAVE of the Future. For Example: We could build a GIANT freshwater plant in Camp Pendelton, USMC between San Diego and Los Angeles. Then Grow Square Miles of HEMP that absorbs Carbon Dioxide from the Air. Hemp is VERY EFFICIENT for Removing Greenhouse Gasses as it Grows Really Fast in Comparison to Trees. The hemp could then be sold to make FIBERBOARD useful in building Houses... or Medicine... or Rope... or Canvas... or Clothes... or Soap... or Paper... HEMP FOR VICTORY! It is possible to make HEMP PAPER Cartons for packaging FOOD at the Grocery Store. Currently we use plastic cartons to store single meal portions of Cheese, Fruit, Nuts, Yogurt and Crackers... Causing Vast Plastic Disposal Problems. It all just ends up in the Landfill...or on the street... or in the Ocean... ALL OF THAT could be replaced with HEMP. I recommend that "We the People" start behaving smart. Making single use plastic containers ONLY BENEFITS OIL COMPANIES. No one else. Plastic is made from OIL. Dupont invented it and is making a "Killing" on their idea... Of Course, their Idea is Killing the planet... BUT, WhatEVER... As Long as the Rich get Richer there is NO NEED to worry about Behaving MORALLY. The 1% is Making a Profit on OIL and PLASTIC and according to an insider report leaked to the press, They Don't Care About You. Really! Global Warming is NO Problem because all anyone has to Do is TURN UP THE AIR CONDITIONER... and The World Is Cool... and Smells Wonderful if you use an Air Freshener... and if the PEASANTS are Choking on Polluted Air, drinking Polluted Water and Dying from HEAT... Well, to Quote Marie Antoinette: "Madame, the Peasants Have no Bread To Eat... Well, Let them Eat Cake!" - and then they got out the Guillotine... I really loved that Movie "The Scarlet Pimpernel" - Quote: "They Seek Him Here, They Seek Him There, Those Frenches Seek Him Everywhere... Be He in Heaven or Be He in (harumpf) That Damn Elusive Pimpernel!" - It was all about Smuggling Aristocrats Out of France to Safety... The Peasants Were Revolting... AND IT'S ABOUT TIME!

There has been a LOT of Groundbreaking Engineering into building Desalinization Plants that use Solar Power to Pump the Seawater out of the Ocean...

Solar Oven by Humboldt State University's CCAT
https://ccat.humboldt.edu/

We ought to tell our Senators and Representatives that Solar Powered Desalinization is a Good Idea and a Practical Way to Solve The Problem of Not Enough Fresh Water for Drinking, Showering, Watering Crops, Filling Swimming Pools, Lawns and Making Ice Cubes for a Scotch on the Rocks... 

Maybe they just don't know... 

Use this Link to Contact your US Senators...
https://www.senate.gov/senators/How_to_correspond_senators.htm
and use This one for Representatives in the House...
https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative

HSU CCAT Bart Orlando Solar Ovens

The big breakthru in Solar Desalinization is to use MEMBRANE purification and Pump the Water using Electricity generated by Solar Cells. Everyone is familiar with Membrane water purification because there is a Machine out on the Sidewalk in front of the Grocery Store that sells Gallons of Freshwater. Bring your own 5 Gallon Container and Fill it UP! We have obvious technology to Build Desalinization Plants All over the World to Water Crops. By definition, the Ocean is at a Lower Elevation than the Land... and so there is a big need for pumping saltwater uphill to the Farm. 

NETAFIM Corporation is designing Water systems for Israel so they can grow more food using Less Water. Including Prickly Pear Cactus... Who Knew that there was a market for Prickly Pears... I tried to eat one when I was Camping Out near La Jolla and Gave up because it was just to difficult to pull out the Spikes... However, they have a Machine that does that Job. 

We Must Evolve from Energy Hunter-Gatherers to Become Energy Farmers. - Quote from SchatzLab at Humboldt State University, Arcata, California

THEY INVENTED THE HYDROGEN FUEL CELL -
a Handy Way to Store Electricity Generated
by Solar for Use at Night.

http://www.schatzlab.org/

Hydrogen Fuel Cell - Schatz Lab HSU

Bicycle Power Generator converts human fat into electricity. Simply Use an Exercise Bicycle to Drive an Automobile Alternator with a Belt... Store Electricity in a Car Battery...

Bicycle power generator. Convert human fat into electricity

Electric Power Generator for bicycle electricity 12 VAC standard automobile battery charging system. 

What if we installed electric power generators on every exercise bicycle nationwide... We could replace coal burning power plants and help reverse global warming/climate change. These bicycles let a person spin an automobile alternator using pedal power. Built by CCAT at Humboldt State University

http://www.appropedia.org/CCAT_human_energy_converter

What if EVERY health club had these? What if rowing machines, treadmills, weight lifting and stair steppers had Generators? We Have the technology... Designed by Humboldt State University Campus Center for Appropriate Technology. 

https://www.facebook.com/campuscenterforappropriatetechnology/photos_stream

http://kjcoop.com/~bart/galleries/pedalpower/index.htm

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or click on this link!

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Alternatives to LAWNS: Clover... or Decorative rock and cactus gardens that don't use any water. Southern California is a dry climate. Why import water from the North?

http://cloverlawn.org/

clover as an eco-friendly lawn alternative

There is a plan to build tunnels to transport fresh water from the Sacramento River Delta area to Los Angeles. It will cost billions of dollars and will permanently change the ecology of the River killing off the Salmon. A simpler plan would be to reduce the DEMAND for water. Make LAWNS unpopular with homeowners in SoCal. Why fight nature?


Read about the Delta Tunnel Plan here...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Water_Fix_and_Eco_Restore

Check out these beautiful designs...

I remember that instead of Having a Lawn in Front of Our House, Dad Planted Vinca Minor. That way we did not have to MOW THE FREAKING LAWN... That's a Task that steals precious Time from the Weekend... Smart Move! It also was a Home for Tarantula Spiders... I Never Got Bit... and I Thought They were Really Beautiful... and... I learned to Play THAT SONG on the Piano... a Classic Beginner Lesson... and a MUCH SIMPLIFIED VERSION! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShTa_FTmXTo

Of COURSE, We Could Simply Desalinate Seawater Using SOLAR ENERGY... 

Generate Electricity and Clean Drinking Water AT THE SAME TIME. A Solar Powered Desalinization Plant Would Convert Seawater into Energy, Pure H2O and NaCl.

 https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2018/08/lets-build-solar-powered-desalinization.html

Seawater Desalinization using a "Graphene Sieve" could be a game changer on Lack of Drinking Water Worldwide.

Graphene-based sieve turns seawater into drinking water.
A UK-based team of researchers has created a graphene-based sieve capable of removing salt from seawater.

The sought-after development could aid the millions of people without ready access to clean drinking water.

The promising graphene oxide sieve could be highly efficient at filtering salts, and will now be tested against existing desalination membranes.

It has previously been difficult to manufacture graphene-based barriers on an industrial scale.

Reporting their results in the journal Nature Nanotechnology, scientists from the University of Manchester, led by Dr Rahul Nair, show how they solved some of the challenges by using a chemical derivative called graphene oxide.
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-39482342 


https://www.facebook.com/worldeconomicforum/videos/10155027741171479/

I Oppose shipping Water from the Trinity River to Los Angeles. - (Part of the Delta Tunnel Project) Why Not use Solar Power to Desalinate Seawater?

As hard as it to believe, there is a plan to use pipes to move freshwater from the Trinity Alps near Redding, California and provide drinking water to LA...

The problem with that is SALMON need that water to spawn in. The Trinity merges with Oregon's Klamath river and flows to the sea. Fishermen from around the world travel to the Klamath to go Fly-Fishing. There is a large business providing motel rooms, food and river guides to the tourists.

An alternative would be to Desalinate the ocean water near San Diego. A Solar system could boil the water and produce pure H2O, Salt and Electricity... Everybody Wins!

Use Sunshine to distill water

Solar Powered Desalinization Schematic

Real Goods Solar Living Center Store in Hopland California on Highway 101 North of San Francisco

Click on the Picture to see it bigger.

This Solar Powered Desalinization Machine uses the Expansion of Water when it changes from a Liquid to a Gasto Drive a Turbine and create Electricity. Use the Electricity to Power the Water Pump

Real Goods Solar Living Center

Dome

Welcome Center

Solar Panels and Greenhouse Dome

Welcome Sign

Windmill and Dome

Under the Giant Solar Array looking at Vineyards

Looking at the Sun

Very Shady spot to park a car...
under the solar array.

Spiral Pond and Shadow of Photographer

 Mural of Golden Gate Bridge
at the Burger Restaurant across the street from Real Goods

Mural of Moon and Lakes

Mural of the Eel River Salmon Watershed

Mural of The Eagle's Dream

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