Because itās early stage research and needs to be tested against existing desalination stuff.
But it says āgrapheneā so it gets on the BBC.
Not you.
Didnāt realise you were in cahoots with Big Graphene.
It all makes sense now.
It was actually on the 6 music news this morning. Sounds pretty useful.
heard about this on the radio this morn Lonzo, i assumed @Epimer would have something to say about it
Yeah I was going to say this too. Surely thatās the definition of ābig newsā.
Also @anon29812515 why are you linking to BBC.com - are you in a tax haven?
Yeah that is where I heard itā¦ quite far down the news. Then I couldnāt see it on the Guardian.
Iām on a yacht in the Caribbean (naked).
Endgame: death by crushing weight in whales
no seriously though I heard this on the today programme this morning, sounded like big news to me, but the guy they had on talking about it seemed a bit nonplussed by the idea it was big news so maybe itās not
The sea is quite big though so we probably wouldnāt need to drink all of it.
If it was big news then surely the worldās largest broadcaster would have something about it on their news page. Iāll go have a lookā¦
Iāve told you the Guardian have nothing!
(big news is everybody banging on about it not the bit of 6Music news usually dedicated to Bob Dylan Nobel Prize news)
well we donāt need to do a lot of things but we do them anyway. and we wouldnāt just drink it. sounds like if you could turn seawater to freshwater it would mean everyone could have really nice gardens
It would be cool if we could have all our taps and showers and toilet flushes on constantlyā¦ none of that pissing about turning them on.
Desalination is already a thing, pals. A big thing. Arid countries use it loads.
This is just an iteration on it that hasnāt been shown to be any better.
Well when I am lost at sea with my graphene filter on my raft Iāll give you a wave with your desalination plant on yours.
(some of) the plants already use membranes/filters. This isnāt a step change.
And as if you wouldnāt be relishing the opportunity to drink your own piss anyway.
Iāve also got some kitkats and a couple of decks of netrunner on my raft.
You canāt have a wafer-based chocolate bar in a low water supply scenario, thatās madness. Youāll use up all your piss just rehydrating your mouth after a snack.
Iām starting to think you havenāt thought this through properly.