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Re:US solar plant costs fall another 30 per cent in one year by ccozan on Wednesday September 20, 2017 @03:35AM (#15291527)
Speaking of which, they also could be used to condense the (low) air humidity and channel it into the ground, so the possibility to create a micro ecology system is even more higher. Water immediately attracts life.
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Re:US solar plant costs fall another 30 per cent in one year by addHocker on Wednesday September 20, 2017 @05:58AM (#15292071)
There was a small project where somebody used a hygroscopic substance (Silicagel) to collect water in the atmosphere in the desert and freed it with concentrated sunlight, and then condensed it.

http://perkscience.com/harvest-water-desert-air/

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