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Re:Effectiveness of trees in reducing temperature & outdoor ... by gsf_emergency_2 on Tuesday July 01, 2025 @10:16PM (#44439697)
How about something more ... Realistic

https://www.thebrighterside.news/post/mits-high-tech-hydroge...

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Re:Effectiveness of trees in reducing temperature & outdoor ... by bmacho on Wednesday July 02, 2025 @04:22AM (#44441301)
That's the opposite of a tree, which turns drinking water into nothing
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Re:Effectiveness of trees in reducing temperature & outdoor ... by PaulHoule on Wednesday July 02, 2025 @09:04AM (#44443252)
"Water harvesting" has been around for a long time. I think I first saw a water harvesting device in the U.S. Army Survival manual in the 1980s. It's an active research area and devices continue to improve.
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Re:Effectiveness of trees in reducing temperature & outdoor ... by gsf_emergency_2 on Wednesday July 02, 2025 @10:20AM (#44444065)
Passive? Hydrophobic+Dessicant? dew collector? In the desert?

Dew collector seems to make the most sense for 1980

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