Comments on: Dean Kamen’s Miracle Water Distiller, It’s Not Going to Save the World

By: skewism.com » Dean Kamen’s Water Filter, When The Hype Dies Off

skewism.com » Dean Kamen’s Water Filter, When The Hype Dies Off — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 02:00:37 +0000

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By: Tim

Tim — Wed, 28 May 2008 05:11:27 +0000

You have some good points but i would have to disagree with your position. The water crisis in the world is tremendous and it is not restricted to third world countries. The product could be put into place in America as well in the case of a drought. Also, no SINGLE thing is going to save third world nations. I suggest reading into “Plumpy-nut” and newer versions of GMOs that could tremendously impact the third world’s hunger problem. There are multiple tiers to the problems.

As for the energy problem, easily solved with only minor maintenance with the use of solar cells.

Just because his previous invention didn’t have the impact advertised doesn’t mean this one can’t.

By: Damien

Damien — Tue, 20 May 2008 20:23:26 +0000

Water is more important than food

By: u-shit-in-our-cereal

u-shit-in-our-cereal — Fri, 16 May 2008 19:36:23 +0000

so it’s not the ultimate solution. it’s still a large leap in the right direction, and you fail to acknowledge that.

this is the most bogus logic i’ve heard:

“So where people once died from disease, they now die from hunger. You’re trading one horrible way of dying for another… and increasing the population while you’re at it, which in turn increases the amount of suffering.”

you’ll always be trading one way of dying for another. fill in obesity and heart disease from gluttony in your argument and still makes as much sense as the way you phrased it.

you could have saved me some time and anger by writing:
“i think this device is over-hyped because of the lackluster segway.”

By: dean kamen

dean kamen — Fri, 09 May 2008 23:15:42 +0000

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By: BEM

BEM — Mon, 05 May 2008 23:26:58 +0000

I didn’t mean hooking up a nuclear power plant to one machine but using nuclear power to create power grids, which, in turn could power water distillation machines like this one.

By: BEM

BEM — Mon, 05 May 2008 23:25:42 +0000

What about using that clean water machine to irrigate? Then you could begin to deal with hunger too!

The big question is powering it which, I think, will require nuclear power.

By: Arji

Arji — Mon, 05 May 2008 20:50:36 +0000

In response to Tex. He did not claim to turn any liquid into water. Your bias has gone to your ears. It will filter water…..that’s his claim. Even if it can produce drinking water from sea water, that would be a huge step in portable desalination devices. Also, humans can live a lot longer without food than they can without water. Water is the basis for all life on this planet. You also didn’t even think about the fact that with clean water, people can grow clean crops. Contaminated irrigation water is one way of giving everybody ecoli bacteria. So your food issue is a moot point. Clean water will help in growing the food that is also needed. Of course, it’s not the whole solution but it’s a good step further.

By: dean kamen

dean kamen — Sun, 04 May 2008 13:23:55 +0000

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By: water distiller

water distiller — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 18:51:24 +0000

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