Wouldn't nestle themselves benefit from this tech so they can stop catching flak for using local dried out water sheds that are probably harder to get water from than this?

[–] Zron@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They’ll buy out this, use it to produce water at bargain prices, and charge twice the price for that water because it’s “green”

They’ll then sell it back to the places they’ve been stealing from for decades, and call it charity. Rubes will eat it up as nestle turning a new leaf, and the shareholders will take in more billions of dollars off the suffering of families.

[–] zaz969@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Nah you're absolutely right, my optimism needed to be taken down a peg

[–] MTLion3@lemm.ee 9 points 1 year ago

As with any tech/product like this. I’m with you lol

[–] BlinkerFluid@lemmy.one 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'll believe it when it's on sale next to the Brita filters.

[–] HubertManne@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

all you guys live in an area with a lot of salt water conveniently avaialble or do you figure the taps will switch to salt for the new fridge filters? also does it get any other gross stuff out besides salt or do you have to prefilter the salt water for non salts stuff.

[–] BarrelAgedBoredom@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

From the article, its essentially a solar powered distillation device. Since it's distilling the water you wouldn't have to worry about other contaminants, they would all be left behind with the salt. Of course there's nothing wrong with running it through a reverse osmosis system but you'll probably want to add minerals back into the water if you were to do anything to it.

[–] MidRomney@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

A lot of those reverse osmosis systems do add minerals back in I believe.