Water mover
The problem is occasional dryness in different places. It may however rain at sea. Sea water use is very expensive as it is because it has to be heated.
Near the coastlines could be local stations which monitor where it rains near the coast. Then they would take "simple" ships witch have the widest possible collective plate and some containers to the rainiest spot. The containers would be filled up in the way that they would flote on water when the plate filles up. The container would then be taken to the coast to be pumped.
Honestly, most of Mika's ideas are brilliant but this one is ridiculous. No offense. :) Being ridiculous, it means there might be a seed of brilliance. I just fail to see it.
Could you elaborate some more?
There is a company in Finland that sells a water purifier that can be used to filter salt out of sea water. I just don't know how energy efficient it is and I can't remember the name right now (Johnwell or something).
-Tomi
Questions:
How important is the water problem along the coast?
How would the ship move (energy source)?
How far from the coast does it rain usually?
Could the ship be moving back and forth without crew?
Could it be moving along a cable?
How much could people pay for the water?
Or who would be the paying customer?
Björn
Desertification and draughs are and will be major environmental problems in the future, especially in developing countries but also in, for example, Australia. Therefore, I am glad to see you've decided to tackle this problem.
There are, however, some basic problems in this business idea. Björn there already suggested some very good basic questions you could try to answer when building your business idea further.
Here are the two basic problems I came up with:
First, sea water is extremely salty and has to be processed before it can be used in cooking, drinking etc (the % of salt in sea water is dangerous for human body). There are different methods for this but because they are not too cost-efficient yet they haven't gotten into wide public use. Hence, to elaborate more this idea of yours, I would suggest you would compare different methods and their differences.
Secondly, many countries (and parts of countries) that face draughts are situated inlands, far away from the coast. If we look at China, for example, many of the driest parts are situated hundreds or thousands of kilometres away from the coast. Therefore, I think you should consider how the water would be exported to those parts?
(...you might also consider thinking of a business plan of how we, who don't suffer from draughts, could use less water/use water more efficiently? )
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