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Great News! Drink your own bodily waste; and guess what it runs on!
Topic Started: Apr 22 2008, 05:35 AM (146 Views)
George K
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From Dean Kamen the guy who brought us the Segway.

Dean Kamen unveils Slingshot, the ultimate water regenerator

Part of saving our environment relies heavily on figuring out new ways to process our natural resources in a self-sustaining, cost effective way. Dean Kamen, the man who brought us the Segway, has just such a solution in the form of a water purification device called the Slingshot. Kamen claims the Slingshot can take nearly any source of moisture--including ocean water, urine or sewage--and quickly turn it into safe drinking water. The Slingshot process operates by means of vapor compression distillation, requires no filters, and can operate using the most efficient fuel known to man: cow dung. In addition to producing drinkable water, the Slingshot also generates enough electricity to light 70 energy-efficient light bulbs.

In order to push adoption of the potentially Earth-changing gadget, Kamen hopes to seed thousands of the units with local village entrepreneurs, in much the same way independent cell phone businesses have thrived and gradually changed the face of many impoverished areas around the globe. Although not ready for pick-up at your local Wal Mart, Kamen’s future target price for the device is in the $1,000 to $2,000 range (a rather attractive price when you consider what we pay for laptops and cell phones). You can see Kamen showing off his new invention by vaporizing Stephen Colbert’s toxic potato chips here: http://www.comedycentral.com/videos/index....?videoId=164485
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Finally, a device that runs on bull****. We are set forever.
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George K
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JBryan
Apr 22 2008, 08:43 AM
Finally, a device that runs on bull****. We are set forever.

He probably modeled it after TNCR. :yes:
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Isn't it bad to drink distilled water?
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Apr 22 2008, 05:55 AM
Isn't it bad to drink distilled water?

It is.
I cite irreconcilable differences.
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Apr 22 2008, 06:15 AM
Why?

It takes minerals out of your body. "Regular" water has minerals in it, so it's already balanced - more or less.

Experiment, pour distilled water an the same patch of cement every day. After a while, the cement weakens for the same reason.
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The founding of the bulk of the world's nation states post 1914 is based on self-defined nationalisms. The bulk of those national movements involve territory that was ethnically mixed. The foundation of many of those nation states involved population movements in the aftermath. When the only one that is repeatedly held up as unjust and unjustifiable is the Zionist project, the term anti-semitism may very well be appropriate. - P*D


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George K
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I'm not sure that it "takes" minerals out of your body. Your kidneys are smarter than that. Perhaps an intake of nothing but distilled water would not *replenish* minerals lost in stool and sweat, but as to "taking out" I'm not so sure...

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http://www.durastill.com/myths.html

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MYTH # 1: Distillation takes out all the beneficial minerals

This is a statement used countless times, usually from literature from some filter companies trying to tell you in effect, that their filters take out all the bad contaminants, but leave in the good, beneficial minerals. Fortunately, there are many reputable companies who would never think of making this kind of claim in its ads.
Distillation will kill and remove bacteria, viruses, cysts, as well as, heavy metals, radionuclides, organics, inorganics, and particulates. And yes, it will remove minerals, which fall under inorganic contaminants. Whether the minerals in water are beneficial or useless has been an ongoing debate.
All of our minerals are derived from our food: fresh fruits, vegetables, meat, poultry, grains, nuts, and dairy products. The minerals in water are so scant that in Boston, MA for example, one would have to drink 676 8-ounce glasses of tap water to obtain the Recommended Daily Allowance ( RDA) of calcium. That person would have to drink 1,848 8-ounce glasses to get RDA of magnesium, 848 8-ounce glasses to get RDA of iron, and 168,960 8-ounce glasses to obtain the RDA of phosphorus. It seems insane to even think about drinking that much water. Most people can't even drink the recommended 8 glasses of water a day that is widely touted by health experts.
When you think of pure water what definition comes to your mind? It should be just H20, and that's it. It's not H20 with minerals and fluoride, because that doesn't fit the description of pure water. For all intent and purposes, distilled water comes the closest to the definition of pure drinking water. The process of distillation removes the broadest range of contaminants over any other point of use (POU) system.


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The Journal of General Internal Medicine[2] published a study on the mineral contents of different waters available in the US. The study concluded, "drinking water sources available to North Americans may contain high levels of Calcium, Magnesium, and Sodium and may provide clinically important portions of the recommended dietary intake of these minerals," and further encouraged individuals to "check the mineral content of their drinking water, whether tap or bottled, and choose water most appropriate for their needs." Since distilled water is devoid of minerals, supplemental mineral intake through diet is needed to maintain proper health.
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The Slingshot process operates by means of vapor compression distillation, requires no filters, and can operate using the most efficient fuel known to man: cow dung. In addition to producing drinkable water, the Slingshot also generates enough electricity to light 70 energy-efficient light bulbs.


Surely it costs enough energy to light 70 energy efficient light bulbs rather than generating it?

In the video he said only water could get across but if it works by decompression and the recompression then you would end up with other volatile compounds going across to.

I wonder whether it does infact transfer volatile compounds or whether there is something else going in that machine. Hmm
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Apr 22 2008, 02:18 PM
Moonbat
Apr 22 2008, 06:15 AM
Why?

It takes minerals out of your body. "Regular" water has minerals in it, so it's already balanced - more or less.

Experiment, pour distilled water an the same patch of cement every day. After a while, the cement weakens for the same reason.

Surely one can get minerals from food sources though?
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George K
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Apr 22 2008, 09:20 AM
Phlebas
Apr 22 2008, 02:18 PM
Moonbat
Apr 22 2008, 06:15 AM
Why?

It takes minerals out of your body. "Regular" water has minerals in it, so it's already balanced - more or less.

Experiment, pour distilled water an the same patch of cement every day. After a while, the cement weakens for the same reason.

Surely one can get minerals from food sources though?

See edit above.
A guide to GKSR: Click

"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... "
- Mik, 6/14/08


Nothing is as effective as homeopathy.

I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles.
- Klaus, 4/29/18
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