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Re:The ethereal art of fog-catching by nkurz on Sunday March 01, 2020 @10:11PM (#22461312)
> If there is a working application of fog nets feel free to post a link with actual photos and number of litres recovered.

Did you look at the linked video? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4GHGBov15U

I share your skepticism about most of these "projects", but I think this one might at least be real. They claim 200-400L per day from 60 nets currently in operation, and show video of a bunch of ~3m x ~4m nets in operation.

> It only can happen around the ocean where it's pretty much rain, but it doesn't rain and the saltwater contaminates the water supply and you own rich sea side housing but can't pipe it in from a near by town.

The video (somewhat to my surprise) pointed out that a subset of these caveats are indeed requirements. It requires fog, and a light breeze. It does not however require that the seaside housing be "rich", nor that it be even be housing. In the examples shown, the area is next-door to a slum, and the water is being used for small-scale crop irrigation on otherwise unusable land.

I think this may actually be an example of good news coverage. Please check out the video and report back whether you stand by your #fakenews conclusion.

(There are comments on the video saying that Abel, the purported inventor, is fraudulently claiming that these are his own invention, and that in fact the prototypes were designed by visiting Dutch or Israeli students. But I consider this separate from the claim that that technology is necessarily fake, as opposed to just extremely site specific.)

Re:The ethereal art of fog-catching by aaron695 on Monday March 02, 2020 @02:52AM (#22462499)
So you win. I can't prove it failed. So I retract the "fakenews"

I can't find any follow up.

I can't find it on the map, but I also can't not find it.

I did find two other fog projects in the township now seemingly gone.

https://goo.gl/maps/Nrt4UmeGNe8XnBtz5 (RE: Your comment)

https://wateractionhub.org/media/files/2018/05/29/12-14-18.0... Seems gone on the map to.

So, what I liked about the video is it talks about community gardens. But I also know it's code for the original idea doesn't work so you have to spin it.

The video also makes no sense about tech needing investment, since it's really simple if the claimed tech works and easy to install, micro-loans will do.

The dude has a book coming out, so is still going strong - https://www.facebook.com/lossinagua/photos/a.734357029999709...

Take a ride through the township, and you'll see the town really really needs running water - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWQMZAr7te8

And checkout the wall, to separate the poor in the suburb - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAPeh5kJML4