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 Brandnever
Male, 18-29, Eastern US
 38 Posts
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Thursday, April 24, 2008 1:25:53 AM
I'm glad we have so many experts in one place to tell me how hes wrong. |
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 swisstaco5
Male, 18-29, Western US
68 Posts
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Monday, April 21, 2008 3:50:14 PM
there's no possible way this could be as revolutionary as the segway! |
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 Baalthazaq
Male, 18-29, Asia
2594 Posts
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Sunday, April 20, 2008 11:35:59 PM
Darkness: It depends. In the case of the power industry, they use 140 billion gallons annually. Of that, 135 billion gallons goes back to reservoirs and is "reusable". The rest (5 billion gallons) is what the calculated waste is. I.e. Freshwater no longer easily accessible. Option 1) Byproducts.
Say something has H2SO4 as a byproduct. That water is no longer drinkable. It is now Sulfuric Acid.
(Sulfuric Acid is actually usually a "product" not "byproduct" but I can't think of a "useless" substance at the minute). Option 2) Products.
We use the water in making something. It could be something drinkable (any soft drink), or it could be just anything liquid (sulfuric acid). Option 3) Goes somewhere it's not easily gotten back. (Either via dumping, pumping or evaporation)
(I.e. The sea. Dumping grounds. Contaminated areas.) Other options: I'm sure there's more I've missed. |
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 Darkness9
Male, 18-29, Canada
32 Posts
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Sunday, April 20, 2008 10:35:36 PM
Important Question: What happens to all the waste? |
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 ball_dogg_49
Male, 18-29, Western US
553 Posts
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Sunday, April 20, 2008 9:19:55 PM
I'm not you Friend, Buddy!
I'm not your Buddy, Guy!
I'm not your Guy, Friend!
I'm not you Friend, Buddy!
I'm not your Buddy, Guy!
I'm not your Guy, Friend!
I'm not you Friend, Buddy!
I'm not your Buddy, Guy!
I'm not your Guy, Friend!
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 mrpopenfresh
Male, 18-29, Canada
1037 Posts
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Sunday, April 20, 2008 8:45:45 PM
This guy is an straigh up inventor. Before the segway, wich was quirky at best, this guy made ton of other interesting inventions. A real asset to the world. |
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 QueenZira
Female, 18-29, Midwest US
601 Posts
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Sunday, April 20, 2008 6:26:44 PM
If this thing actually worked Environmental Science class would not haunt my dreams anymore... |
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DOUBLE_L7
Male, 18-29, Canada
19 Posts
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Sunday, April 20, 2008 4:43:20 PM
If the 1.5 billion people he is trying to save would just die, it would be problem solved. |
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 Tyrizzle
Male, 18-29, Western US
914 Posts
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Sunday, April 20, 2008 4:31:25 PM
Something can not be created without taking...
So we are all good to go imo |
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 primetimekin
Male, 18-29, Southern US
7864 Posts
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Sunday, April 20, 2008 3:17:33 PM
For all of those complaining that Colbert is a jerk, have you ever seen the show? It is satire. Look up other IAB links on Colbert |
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 natakalt
Female, 18-29, S. America
1743 Posts
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Sunday, April 20, 2008 1:54:59 PM
Colbert is an idiot and I hope that machine works, I was actually hoping to see it work. |
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 153Fish
Male, 13-17, Southern US
160 Posts
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Sunday, April 20, 2008 1:20:39 PM
May God bless this man, and further his work throughout the world. |
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Baalthazaq
Male, 18-29, Asia
2594 Posts
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Sunday, April 20, 2008 1:09:20 PM
And I wonder if Tehrussian is going to be the first to volounteer to stop using our water in favour of population control. |
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Baalthazaq
Male, 18-29, Asia
2594 Posts
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Sunday, April 20, 2008 1:07:44 PM
Oh and the reason he says you used 5 litres or whatever it is to make a bottle of water:Cleaning, Processing, Plastics, Cooling, etc all use water. He's not saying 80% of the water is discarded. It's used in mking the bottle and trasporting it to you, and keeping it cool. Better example: Human being.
You are 90% water. You contain therefore say about 60 litres of water. Storing you, feeding you, watering you, bathing you, transporting you, etc, means you use about 378 litres. A day. (You use up 1.38 million litres of water by age 10. The water bottle looks like it's doing pretty good). |
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Baalthazaq
Male, 18-29, Asia
2594 Posts
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Sunday, April 20, 2008 12:44:38 PM
Was waiting for the "He made the segway what does he know" comments."However, Kamen was already a successful and wealthy inventor, after inventing the AutoSyringe, a new type of mobile dialysis system for medical applications, the first insulin pump, and an all-terrain electric wheelchair known as the iBOT" The dialysis in particular gave many people their lives back. Also "There is tons of water"/"you can't waste water" etc. Live off sea water for a week. Drink nothing else. It's not just pollutants and cack, it's alot of perfectly natural crap your body can't handle in seawater. The freshwater we use is going there. Not the wells. Yes, it is wasted. "It needs power, it has a blinking light!".
My dad runs a distillery. He has a powerplant that could power Paris to give Dubai drinking water. That looks like it runs on a watch battery. Do the math. |
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 nokirarr
Male, 13-17, Europe
70 Posts
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Sunday, April 20, 2008 12:41:42 PM
And THAT is why i don't watch tv!!! What an ass that other guy was... geez |
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 Nick_13
Male, 18-29, Europe
215 Posts
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Sunday, April 20, 2008 12:39:01 PM
That Colbert guy is a jerk. |
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 MasterFu
Male, 18-29, Canada
217 Posts
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Sunday, April 20, 2008 11:41:41 AM
I think the guy is stretching the truth a little bit. I highly doubt this machine could eradicate 50% of diseases. It's a great invention nonetheless, if it does work. |
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 TeHrussian
Male, 18-29, Western US
492 Posts
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Sunday, April 20, 2008 11:16:16 AM
Meh. He calls it people dying from lack of access to water, I call it population control. Obviously, population overflow is the bigger problem than water shortage, it is causing it afterall. |
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 TwoEyezBlind
Male, 18-29, Eastern US
121 Posts
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Sunday, April 20, 2008 11:09:51 AM
This is such retarded crap. water can never be "wasted" unless its launched into space. Everything made out of water is eventually evaporated back into the atmosphere and rains down once again. Sure, theres less water now because the population is so high, people are mostly made out of water, when they die, the water gets returned, plain and simple. |
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 kenny_f
Male, 13-17, Southern US
1849 Posts
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Sunday, April 20, 2008 10:33:35 AM
dude, its a good thing, dont be debbie downer. |
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 Ceebs119
Male, 18-29, Canada
41 Posts
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Sunday, April 20, 2008 10:27:32 AM
Canada:Water as Saudi Arabia:OilTime to start kissing ass, world....we'll start by taking some of that "internet money" |
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mangamonkey
Male, 18-29, Europe
109 Posts
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Sunday, April 20, 2008 10:08:51 AM
oh come on - he claimed it take five litres to produce a 500ml bottle....where is all the rest of the water going? We wouldnt be able to swim in the ocean if 90% of it was pollutants, he also didnt say how it worked only that it doesnt work the saame way as ALL other purification systems, if what MadP said is true the energy concern far outways the benefit of having pure water, All in all older systems still work out better i mean come on, this is a guy who thought the segway was a good idea |
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 Agentk120
Male, 18-29, Midwest US
511 Posts
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Sunday, April 20, 2008 9:50:05 AM
Waterworld tells the future! |
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 Pooptart19
Male, 18-29, Southern US
729 Posts
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Sunday, April 20, 2008 9:48:32 AM
prettygirlscarryingheavythings.comAnd here I thought that I was the only one who knew about that website. : ) |
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