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Comment by MichaelApproved

“Atmospheric Water Generators”

At first I thought you were just using a marketing term for dehumidifiers but I looked it up before posting.

I see that term is used for tight mesh fabric that’s hung vertically as a passive matrix to collect condensation.

While those are actually game changers, they unfortunately only work in special regions that have the needed weather and topography to make them work.

I think there’s only one place on earth that has the perfect combination for AWG: weather, drought, and humidity. It’s an awesome technology for them but that’s about the extent of it.

I’ll try to find the region and update my comment with more info.

Edit: here’s a video that talks about what I think you’re talking about.

https://youtu.be/YxRONAZoMDk

It’s providing water in the Atacama Desert near Lima Peru.

Edit 2: They’re called fog collectors and apparently Morocco uses them too. https://youtu.be/0F7CQMd6mQ4

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