Jerky dosent seem to last around my house either. I can snack on it about all day long! Kind of sounds like you're smoking pickles too
. On the upside, I just read an article about spicey foods helping you become more cancer resistant! You're probably going to live forever now.
I've read about condensation machines that pull moisture out of the air. It may come down to something like that out west if things don't get better.
though that may be the only option some of us have.
Yeah, I understand. I hadn't heard a price, but figure it wouldn't be cheap. I am a little disappointed on the output though. The article I read was for it to go into an area after a hurricane, when public utilities are down, producing drinking water. In that situation there would be loads of moisture in the air, so hopefully better output. I guess out west right now you might have higher amounts early in the morning, but not much to pull during the heat of the day.I've read about atmospheric water generator though a little spending at $2000 these things will produce 2-5gal a day..... I value my marriage and choose not to get my throat cut given I am retired now
My whole life has been really easy as when I turned on a faucet, clean drinking water flowed, and when I flipped a switch, the lights came on. It's really easy to take these two things for granted, when so much of the world doesn't have these conviences. I have backups in place, but they are mostly for short term disruptions, like storms or other natural disasters. Long term would be a hard adjustment.
My geography sucks, as in school I was mostly thinking about girls, but I thought that Washington was kept moist and warm by the impact of the Peugeot Sound. It just occurred to me that the Rockies probably separate the climate. Are you east of the mountains?
I've looked in to these machines too. They may not be too difficult to make if a person is handy. You can probably find plans and a material list on the internet. Even with the drought my 2 springs are still producing steadily. My pond is down about 6' but there is still plenty of water for the fish. My well is 650' deep and produces 25 gal/min. Not likely that it will go dry, I hope. If this drought continues for a few more years then a lot of people will be in real trouble.
True. But east of the Cascades its pretty arid.I am west of the Rockies in the cascade mountain range, Puget sound is an inlet to the pacific ocean the sound has little if any impact on the weather here in Washington, generally Washington and Oregon west of the Cascades get plenty of rain kind of why they call us the Evergreen State and Oregon the Beaver State though this year been bad. Olympic rain forest (Olympic national forest) averages 220+ inches a year of rain and now it's burning consuming 2400 acres with 30% contained as of yesterday
I love the Internet! Great link, and amazingly simple to construct. I imagine the electricity used is cost prohibitive for the amount of water produced, but it's a really good thing to know.
If your figures are correct, then it could be worthwhile. I'll look to see what the amp/wattage is on one at the store before I believe it though. I always thought a dehumidifier worked along the same principal as an air conditioner, which are big power hungry monsters. I'll let you know. Also, 4 gals is pretty darned good.
