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- From: carl@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU (Carl J Lydick)
- Newsgroups: sci.energy,sci.environment,talk.environment
- Subject: Re: Request: info on desalination and solar energy
- Date: 19 Nov 1992 14:44:24 GMT
- Organization: HST Wide Field/Planetary Camera
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- References: <BxoxI6.Jqv@news.cso.uiuc.edu> <1992Nov17.183658.29104@impmh.uucp> <1992Nov18.140710.8710@mlb.semi.harris.com>,<1992Nov18.153706.7862@nmt.edu>
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- In article <1992Nov18.153706.7862@nmt.edu>, houle@nmt.edu (Paul Houle) writes:
- = The low-tech designs that I've seen for solar water desalination
- =mostly use a tent-like structure made out of polyethylene sheet (which is a
- =really good material if you want to play with solar thermal technology on the
- =cheap. My father built a solar "greenhouse" addition to the house one year
- =using wood and poly sheet that he had laying around, and with the addition
- =of a fan, it could keep most of the house at 80 centigrade during the day.)
-
- Wow! That's 176░F. Where do you live, Death Valley?
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- Disclaimer: Hey, I understand VAXen and VMS. That's what I get paid for. My
- understanding of astronomy is purely at the amateur level (or below). So
- unless what I'm saying is directly related to VAX/VMS, don't hold me or my
- organization responsible for it. If it IS related to VAX/VMS, you can try to
- hold me responsible for it, but my organization had nothing to do with it.
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