Power to the Haitian people (II): A neat machine
Adam Silverman writes in to recommend the Mobile Max Pure, a machine that uses solar power to purify water and also produces surplus electricity that can be used for other purposes. He writes: The systems are portable, can turn out up to 30K gallons of drinking water a day, are solar powered, and best of ...
Adam Silverman writes in to recommend the Mobile Max Pure, a machine that uses solar power to purify water and also produces surplus electricity that can be used for other purposes. He writes:
Adam Silverman writes in to recommend the Mobile Max Pure, a machine that uses solar power to purify water and also produces surplus electricity that can be used for other purposes. He writes:
The systems are portable, can turn out up to 30K gallons of drinking water a day, are solar powered, and best of all generate more electricity than they use doing the filtration, so they can also be used for power generation. They can literally be dropped anywhere and come with pictorial instructions that are easy to follow. These should be standard issue for all humanitarian assistance efforts.
It sounds to me like something that should indeed be in the inventory. Anyone else used them?
Thomas E. Ricks is a former contributing editor to Foreign Policy. Twitter: @tomricks1
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