MIT engineers and collaborators developed a solar-powered device that avoids the salt-clogging issues of other designs. Engineers at MIT and in China are aiming to turn seawater into drinking water with a completely passive device that is inspired by the ocean, and powered by the sun. In a pap
The point is, this is a solution to a problem now and probably in the near future. 100% of the world won’t be desalination. This is literal drops in the bucket compared to other resources we take from the earth that are impossible to replenish.