Water Now More Awesome Than Previously Thought

Dan writes "Wired has a great article about a guy who thinks we can provide unlimited energy , accelerate crop growth, desalinize and purify drinking water, obtain health benefits and provide air conditioning, all by pumping up water from the depths of the ocean."

1st

[Anonymous Coward]

frist psot!

Ha, whatever

[CypherXero]

"You see, I apply cold temperatures to different parts of my body in three bastings. The third is the most complicated - I ice the terminuses of my lymphatic system. My body heals itself. Look at these hands," he says, opening and closing his fists. "I have no joint pain of any kind!"

You're just numbing the pain. Idiot.

Convenient...

[B00yah]

That /. would post a story on the awesomeness of water shortly after ThinkGeek begins selling a Water Powered Clock [thinkgeek.com] and a Mini Water Dispenser [thinkgeek.com]

Stupid planted articles...I'll buy what I want!...oooh...clock...

Obligatory Comic Book Guy...

[mindaktiviti]

Best. Headline. Ever.

Dihydrogen Monoxide

[Anonymous Coward]

Be careful! Dihydrogen Monoxide [dhmo.org] can be a dangerous thing! Spread the word.

dude

[thesalodonkey]

it's way more awesome than you even know... now where did i put my bong... what? no way! that uses water too! sweeeet!

Re:OTEC? Old news...

[PHPgawd]

OTEC? Holy Christ don't tell me that the Arabs are already planning on price-fixing this market before it even gets started!

This information could be dangerous

[Altima(BoB)]

Be careful who you disclose water's potential to... before you know it you'll have Keanu Reeves trying to outrun blue shock waves on motorcycles...

Re:ocean temperatures?

[Anonymous Coward]

Yes, just as your methane production contributes to global warming.

Remember folks, every time you fart, Dog kills a kitten.

Amateur.

[JonTurner]

I've been applying icy cold beverages (usually beer) to the INSIDE of my body for years, and let me tell ya what, after a six'er, let me assure you I'm feeling no joint pain at all. I do tend to have a headache the next day though...

Age and whatnot

[dacarr]

He's 80, so he can't be lasting very long from here on out. I hope he wrote something down then.

Re:More Efficient Coastal Farming

[nokilli]

Not only does the city have to be on the coast, it has to be tropical in climate. Otherwise, condensation won't occur, and that's where the fresh water comes from. The power generation too depends on temperature differential so it's no good in winter.

Re:ocean temperatures?

[Kafka_Canada]

Oceans are big - really big - you just won't believe how vastly, hugely mind-bogglingly big they are. You may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist, but that's just peanuts to oceans.

(ref. [brainyquote.com])

Obligatory Homer...

[Tmack]

In this house we OBEY the laws of thermodynamics!

tm

Do continue!

[repvik]

This is caused by the body's natural heat regeneration features. You will find that applying the same icy cold beverage will make the headache go away.
This continuation-technique is also known as "repairing", which is a slight misnormer since it doesn't actually repair, but instead reinstates the body in the wanted state of painlessness ;-)

Cold Shower

[Adam Avangelist]

No wonder my girlfriend always tell me to take a cold shower.

Faster growing fruit + unlimited energy + free air-conditioning = multiple orgasms (profit!!!)

Re:but

[Spy der Mann]

but does it run linux?

No, but somehow the image of LARGE amounts of COLD water remind me of penguins.

Re:Dihydrogen Monoxide

[Anonymous Coward]

If you want to see just how dangerous, try mixing the stuff with a little bit of Oxygen Dihydride. The product is reactive enough to corrode iron!

Re:Do continue!

[JonTurner]

Sort of like the old phrase "no pain, no gain" eh? Well, we all know that beer makes the drinker smarter and I believe the headache problem is the drinker's awareness of the weak brain cells dying off. In the interests of science and a higher IQ, I'm prepared to work through the pain and set my sights on the lofty goals beyond. After a few keggers, I shall be left with only the smartest, most capable neurons and without those inferior, weak brain cells to get in the way, I will undoubtedly be the smartest person I know.

That little headache problem was due to my prematurely stopping the drinking cycle too early, causing pain. Well, friend, I won't make that mistake again. I pledge to you that I will drink, nonstop, from here on.

Slashdot, I salute you!

Re:More Efficient Coastal Farming

[NanoGator]

"Wait till sealevels rise a few tens of metres..."

Yeah, then there'll be no such thing as coastlines anymore.

Re:ocean temperatures?

[acrid_k]

You've gotta love Cali. Where else do you have models checking out pollution levels at the beach? Hmmm, I smell a TV series--Poopwatch.

Re:More Efficient Coastal Farming

[ignorant_coward]

Hmmm...what's this feeling? Is that my brain's sarcasm lobe tingling?

Re:Some of his ideas are nuts

[Walterk]

One more thing: it's all fun and games until you suck a whale into the input pipe! But seriously, if you pump up nutrient-rich soup from the deep, in a few years your pipe is going to be so clogged up with marine critters that your flow rate is going to tend towards zero...

Sounds like the perfect place for a Sushi bar.

Re:More Efficient Coastal Farming

[B3ryllium]

You only have a lobe? I have a whole hemisphere!

Re:Did anyone...

[bennomatic]

No, because in Russia, the power waters you! Or...?

Re:Dihydrogen Monoxide

[cgenman]

You do have to admit, though, it does accelerate crop growth.

Re:More Efficient Coastal Farming

[Anonymous Coward]

Bullshit. We are years from being able to transmit electrical power. If not, I wouldn't have to be peddling this freaking bike to get my computer to run.

sports injuries?

[darth_zeth]

Hello? This is slashdot.

Which brings up the question: why are you here?

But seriously...

[serutan]

Submitter deserves a golf clap for getting a Slashdot story accepted with a Fark headline.

Universal Solvent

[Perf]

It is the closest thing to a universal so[l]vent we will ever see.

I thought baby drool was the universal solvent.

Re:Never dealt with sports injuries, have you?

[zo219]

>Talk about having your balls shrivel up...

Must you?

Re:More Efficient Coastal Farming

[Anonymous Coward]

Hey, thanks very much. I am really looking forward to reading your link, but for some reason I feel compelled to spend considerable time deciding exaclty which part to click. Heh. [google.com]

Re:More Efficient Coastal Farming

[Dashing Leech]

"Wait till sealevels rise a few tens of metres..."

Hey, I think we can solve a bunch of problems at once here. Since we're pumping cold water from the ocean, the ocean levels will actually drop, counteracting the rise of sealevels. Unless of course we put the pumped water back in the ocean. So, instead, we'll "deposit" the cold water inland which will increase the number of people living near water which means more people that can benefit from this technology.

Warning: Reasoning in your rearview mirror may appear less logical than in reality. It is merely an illusion.

Re:I see a flaw.

[Frogbert]

Well I'm no expert but one would think a metal grill would stop all but the most determined of marine wildlife.

Re:More Efficient Coastal Farming

[Anonymous Coward]

Ooh, a sarcasm lobe. That's a real useful evolutionary trait!

Re:Water? In a bong? Boring.

[mike2R]

1:13 - Try Jose Cuervo.

9:42 - Alcohol absorbs thc, you're filtering all the good out o yer weed.

hmm, 8 hours gap. I bet there's at least one poor sod trying to work out if he should drink his bong Tequila...

Re:More Efficient Coastal Farming

[myowntrueself]

No, I played Civilisation one too many times and saw my coastal cities drown and lose massive population...