Anarch157a

In other words, a dehumidifier.

There's no such thing as a free lunch. To condense water fro air, you need a lot of energy, considering how little humidity there is in a desert, it would be better to just use that energy to bring the watter from somewhere else rather than running the dehumidifier.

What pisses me off, is that we're willing to build thousands of kilometres of pipe to transport dinossaur juice but not watter.

Fuck this capitalist system.

Thus is the old debate between Allow list versus Deny list.

On an Allow list system, everything is forbiden exceot what's explicitly allowed, while on a Deny list, everything is allowed except what's explicitly forbidden.

Aviation companies work mostly on Allow list system, meaning even small changes and improvements require certification before it's approved for use. If this system was in use by car companies, the consequences would be similar, only 2 or 3 companies worldwide, making a few models each, all of them much more expensive than what they are now.

I'm glad that the automotive industry works mostly on a Deny list system. It keeps the barrier to entry lower for new manufacturers, innovation is faster and competition keeps prices reasonable.

Occasionally, issues like this pop up, requiring a ban, but in this industry I prefer this than the alternative.