An advancement in desalination techniques.
Instead, the system uses an electrically driven shockwave within a stream of flowing water, which pushes salty water to one side of the flow and fresh water to the other, allowing easy separation of the two streams. The new approach is described in the journal Environmental Science and Technology Letters, in a paper by professor of chemical engineering and mathematics Martin Bazant, graduate student Sven Schlumpberger, undergraduate Nancy Lu, and former postdoc Matthew Suss.
Hmm? No gender studies majors?
I’m sure the MIT team included an apparatchik who encouraged all comrades to carry out their duties in a politically proper and non-oppressive manner, and who reported back to party officials on any deviances. All successful teams have such things.
Mr. swine, I write to protest your inconsiderate publication of this offensive, divisive, capitalistic (but I repeat myself) hate-filled screed. There’s not one single trigger warning! Once I’d read it, I had to retreat to my safe space, with the crayons. Only now do I feel strong enough to condemn you. The authors talk about pushing and separating and dividing water by shocking it. How do think the water feels about that? How’d you like it if we divided you? If that weren’t offensive enough, they then go on to say how this violence will help fracking. Everyone knows fracking is evil. The thought that someone would help it even now makes me sob uncontrollably. You should be gagged, re-educated, fired, banished, excommunicated, killed. In that order.
What – no mention of the contribution of Muslims? RACIST!!
“Racist!!” Yes, and worse: The only woman mentioned in the article is described, not as strong, independent and precious, but as “undergraduate”. Under! Rapists!
Blah Blah Blah. The truly important question goes unanswered: were any of the scientists wearing an offensive shirt??
Pinkos won’t like this at all. Free, intelligent people doing real science and engineering to make the world a better place and to help improve the lives of all. Can’t have that. Besides, desalination takes energy – gasp, the horror!!
We are all supposed to be living in caves, eating wild berries, and paying homage to “First Nations” people, don’t you know.
This must be stopped at all costs. Do these scientist not realize that literally billions of gallons of natural fish habitat could be ruined by this process? And do they not understand that ocean living fish can’t breath salt free water?
I am calling PETA today to start a protest, the fish must be protected. If this isn’t nipped in the bud right now these crazy scientist will want pipelines built to bring fresh water into major costal cities around the world.
Imagine the environmental disaster should one of these pipelines spring a leak. Millions of gallons of fresh water could erode the very earth foundations these cities are built on, and they could literally sink out of sight over night. And what happens when we run out of salt water? Oh the humanity!
The question is “how many liters/watt?”
Us it cheaper than reverse osmosis? No.