Comments on: Saudi to Use Plentiful Resource (Sunlight) to Produce Scarce Resource (Fresh Water) http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2010/04/08/saudi-to-use-plentiful-resource-sunlight-to-produce-scarce-resource-fresh-water/ 80beats is DISCOVER's news aggregator, weaving together the choicest tidbits from the best articles covering the day's most compelling topics. Mon, 21 May 2012 04:06:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: steeleweed http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2010/04/08/saudi-to-use-plentiful-resource-sunlight-to-produce-scarce-resource-fresh-water/comment-page-1/#comment-163566 steeleweed Sat, 24 Apr 2010 01:23:11 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=13219#comment-163566 ..."back when the company was designing mainframe computers..." Somebody ought to tell the writer IBM is still making mainframes....:-D …”back when the company was designing mainframe computers…”
Somebody ought to tell the writer IBM is still making mainframes….:-D

]]> By: Chris Landau http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2010/04/08/saudi-to-use-plentiful-resource-sunlight-to-produce-scarce-resource-fresh-water/comment-page-1/#comment-154895 Chris Landau Mon, 12 Apr 2010 04:10:25 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=13219#comment-154895 Excellent. Now take this technology and set it up on every desert coast around the world to increase our fresh water. Build a million of them. Chris Landau Excellent. Now take this technology and set it up on every desert coast around the world to increase our fresh water. Build a million of them.
Chris Landau

]]> By: Kin http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2010/04/08/saudi-to-use-plentiful-resource-sunlight-to-produce-scarce-resource-fresh-water/comment-page-1/#comment-154533 Kin Sun, 11 Apr 2010 04:11:38 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=13219#comment-154533 Actually Matt, it doesnt really. There is plenty of sunshine that could be cheaper to run a steam turbine than complicated heat capture technology. As in, it's not like a power plants wasted heat from coal that is useful heat. Saudi arabia has excess heat. I'm suprised they dont just run modified steam plants that are heated by concentration mirrors that collect the steam as purified water. I'm guessing however the economics dont work out, but even then, I'm suprised....Maybe it's just the volume problem, 30,000 cubic meters of water would be a LOT of steam. Actually Matt, it doesnt really.

There is plenty of sunshine that could be cheaper to run a steam turbine than complicated heat capture technology. As in, it’s not like a power plants wasted heat from coal that is useful heat. Saudi arabia has excess heat.

I’m suprised they dont just run modified steam plants that are heated by concentration mirrors that collect the steam as purified water. I’m guessing however the economics dont work out, but even then, I’m suprised….Maybe it’s just the volume problem, 30,000 cubic meters of water would be a LOT of steam.

]]> By: scott http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2010/04/08/saudi-to-use-plentiful-resource-sunlight-to-produce-scarce-resource-fresh-water/comment-page-1/#comment-154197 scott Fri, 09 Apr 2010 18:19:58 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=13219#comment-154197 Now if only Vegas could light itself with such solar technology. Now if only Vegas could light itself with such solar technology.

]]> By: Matt Tarditti http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2010/04/08/saudi-to-use-plentiful-resource-sunlight-to-produce-scarce-resource-fresh-water/comment-page-1/#comment-154175 Matt Tarditti Fri, 09 Apr 2010 15:51:38 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=13219#comment-154175 I hope they utilize some efficiency-boosting heat capture technology on that liquid metal heat exchanger. I imagine that they can use the captured heat to run a steam turbine. Every little bit counts! I hope they utilize some efficiency-boosting heat capture technology on that liquid metal heat exchanger. I imagine that they can use the captured heat to run a steam turbine. Every little bit counts!

]]> By: Yuki A Y http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2010/04/08/saudi-to-use-plentiful-resource-sunlight-to-produce-scarce-resource-fresh-water/comment-page-1/#comment-154161 Yuki A Y Fri, 09 Apr 2010 14:25:37 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=13219#comment-154161 Instead of oil, the use of solar energy is much more friendly for the environment. Good policy. Instead of oil, the use of solar energy is much more friendly for the environment. Good policy.

]]> By: bigjohn756 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2010/04/08/saudi-to-use-plentiful-resource-sunlight-to-produce-scarce-resource-fresh-water/comment-page-1/#comment-153859 bigjohn756 Thu, 08 Apr 2010 22:18:09 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=13219#comment-153859 Good! Now, if we can only get them to stop executing people for sorcery. Good! Now, if we can only get them to stop executing people for sorcery.

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