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Re:Google open sources solar atmospheric water generator by dogleash on Thursday March 17, 2022 @03:59PM (#30715274)
Que? Isn't "don’t see how it’s a market fit" just startup speak for "it's not economically viable"? That would fall squarely into the category of design failures I was talking about. It's not like we don't know any mechanism to cause condensation from air.
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Re:Google open sources solar atmospheric water generator by marcosdumay on Thursday March 17, 2022 @04:13PM (#30715411)
It's not economically viable with their usual profit margin, on a market large enough to pay for their fixed costs, with the suppliers and labor they have around, and a lot of other constraints.

That doesn't mean it's useless for everybody. So they publishing it may improve somebody's life.

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Re:Google open sources solar atmospheric water generator by rat9988 on Thursday March 17, 2022 @04:53PM (#30715769)
Lowering cost by manufacturing at scale is knowledge they don't have, and they do need to make it financially viable. Other people might have it and make it viable.
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