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Ford Motor Company wants to let you Drink and Drive
Posted on 9/24/16 at 7:43 pm
Posted on 9/24/16 at 7:43 pm
water!
Ford harnesses AC condensation to let you drink and drive
Ford harnesses AC condensation to let you drink and drive
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When a car's air conditioner is running, water vapor in the air accumulates on its condenser, changing into a liquid state and then dripping to the ground. Doug Martin, a powertrain controls engineer at Ford, didn't like the idea of all that water being wasted. That's why he created a prototype system which collects that condensation, and repurposes it as drinking water within the car.
Martin was initially inspired by a billboard in Peru, that captures humidity in the air and renders it into drinking water. Working with colleague John Rollinger, he proceeded to build the On-the-Go H2O system, in which air conditioner condensation is collected, filtered, and then pumped into a faucet in the car's console.
So, just how much water could a setup like that produce? A lot, actually. In tests, it was found that a car's air conditioning system could sweat off 64 oz (1.9 l) of water per hour – enough to fill almost four bottles.
For people making long drives in the desert, that would mean less stops to buy water. Additionally, in regions where clean water is scarce, drivers could help ease the situation by bottling the water from their car and either using it themselves, or providing it to others. They could also simply run tainted water from other sources through the system, in order to make it drinkable.
There's no word on whether On-the-Go H2O will ever actually reach production.
This post was edited on 9/24/16 at 7:44 pm
Posted on 9/24/16 at 7:44 pm to Dandy Lion
Sounds disgusting
This post was edited on 9/24/16 at 7:46 pm
Posted on 9/24/16 at 7:47 pm to Dandy Lion
Water is the most abundant resource in the world. Why in the frick would anyone want to drink recycled water?
Posted on 9/24/16 at 7:50 pm to Dandy Lion
Great, more shite to distract people while they drive.
Posted on 9/24/16 at 7:50 pm to Dandy Lion
Sounds like like it would be expensive to fix if it broke, no thanks.
Posted on 9/24/16 at 7:51 pm to tgrbaitn08
All the water you drink is recycled. People have shite numerous times in the water you are drinking right now. You are drinking filtered piss water too.
Posted on 9/24/16 at 7:52 pm to Dandy Lion
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For people making long drives in the desert, that would mean less stops to buy water.
And more stops to piss. Where's the in dash urine collector?
Posted on 9/24/16 at 7:54 pm to Clames
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All the water you drink is recycled. People have shite numerous times in the water you are drinking right now. You are drinking filtered piss water too.
Um no. The water I drink comes directly from the spring behind my house.
Posted on 9/24/16 at 8:03 pm to tgrbaitn08
Do you even water cycle bro?
Posted on 9/24/16 at 8:04 pm to Dandy Lion
quote:no way you're getting that much in most deserts
In tests, it was found that a car's air conditioning system could sweat off 64 oz (1.9 l) of water per hour – enough to fill almost four bottles.
For people making long drives in the desert, that would mean less stops to buy water
Posted on 9/24/16 at 8:04 pm to tgrbaitn08
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Why in the frick would anyone want to drink recycled water?
You drink recycled water every day and obviously don't even know it.
Posted on 9/24/16 at 8:19 pm to tgrbaitn08
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Water is the most abundant resource in the world.
Fresh water is not the most abundant resource in the world. In fact, aquifers all over the world are being overdrawn at alarming rates.
This post was edited on 9/24/16 at 8:23 pm
Posted on 9/24/16 at 8:25 pm to Dandy Lion
They could just send it to the washer fluid reservoir.
Posted on 9/24/16 at 8:41 pm to tgrbaitn08
Salt water is the most plentiful resource in the world, which to make safe to drink requires extremely expensive desalination processes. Safe freshwater is an extremely decreasing resource. Idiot
This post was edited on 9/24/16 at 8:42 pm
Posted on 9/24/16 at 8:48 pm to tgrbaitn08
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Um no. The water I drink comes directly from the spring behind my house.
You think that water got there by magic? Dinosaurs pissed and shite in that water too.
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