Deja Vu ?
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Wikipedia defines “ Déjà
vu “ as follows :
Another possible
explanation for the phenomenon of déjà
vu is the occurrence
of "cryptomnesia", which is where information learned is forgotten
but nevertheless stored in the brain, and similar occurrences invoke the
contained knowledge, leading to a feeling of familiarity because the event or
experience being ...
Context :
Following headline in Times of India ( 26 Feb ) :
It’s not yet summer, but parts of Marathwada go dry
already
913 medium and minor dams in region have less water
storage than last year
138 Tankers Supply Water in 111 Villages
In this , where is that “ Cryptomnesia “ ?
My following blog :
Saturday, 15 April
2017
( aka “ How to avoid
Water Wars next month ? “ )
· And
without sending from Mumbai to Latur , a “ Water Train “ twice a day ?
· Absolutely
FREE ? ( free of cost and free of Water-Mafia ! )
· Without
women of Latur , having to walk 5 km in 42* C temperature for one bucket ?
· All of this is
possible if Maharashtra Chief Minister , Shri
Devendra Fadnavisji , just picks up phone and dials Prof Omar Yaghi ( University of California ,
Berkeley / yaghi@berkeley.edu / oyaghi@lbl.gov /
Ph : 510-643-5507 )
· After
reading the following report , if he does not , it would deeply distress
millions of drought-affected Maharashtrians !
Dear Prof Yaghi :
Congratulations for your invention which deserves better than a Nobel Prize
Congratulations for your invention which deserves better than a Nobel Prize
A billion " Thank You " from a billion people is not enough !
· Even
if you do not get that phone call , in the “ Supreme Court of your Conscience
“, treat this appeal as a “ Public Interest Litigation “ and make available to
the Citizens of India, your technology / patent / manufacturing drawings /
material specifications etc , in order to save thousands of lives !
REPORT :
· A
device that can create water out of thin
air in even arid environments has been invented that could make
Coleridge’s famous line “Water, water, everywhere, Nor any drop to
drink” a thing of the past.
· Using only the power of the sun and a special
material with some extraordinary properties, the device is capable of
producing 2.8
litres of water in 12 hours.
· And
it can work in conditions where humidity is as low as 20 per cent.
· Professor Omar Yaghi, who helped create the prototype water harvester,
said: “We wanted to demonstrate that if you are cut off somewhere in the
desert, you could survive because of this device.
· A person needs about a [ 330ml ] can of
water per day. That is something one could collect in less than an hour with this system.
· This is a major breakthrough in the
long-standing challenge of harvesting water from the air at low humidity.
· “There
is no other way to do that right now, except by using extra energy. Your
electric dehumidifier at home ‘produces’ very expensive water.”
· But, as well as saving people stranded
in a desert, the harvester could become a major part of everyday life, enabling people to have water without a connection to the public supply or a well.
· “One
vision for the future is to have water
off-grid, where you have a device
at home running on ambient solar for
delivering water that satisfies the needs of a household,” said Professor
Yaghi, a chemist at University of California, Berkeley.
· { My Note : Just
like the Roof Top Solar Power panels which may, someday eliminate the need for
an Electric Power Grid ? }
· “To
me, that will be made possible because of this experiment. I call it personalised water.”
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Dear “ Bottled Water
Manufacturers “ of India :
It is time you asked ( ala Ted Levitt in his seminal
essay “ Marketing Myopia “ ) :
“ What business are we in ? Are we in the business of
“ Bottling Water “ or are we
in the business of “ WATER “ ?
Time to “ re-invent “ yourselves is just around the
corner !
With “ Edible
Water Balls “ replacing plastic
bottles ?
Here is what start-up “ Skipping
Rocks Labs “ writes on its web site :
Our goal :
To
create a waste-free alternative to plastic bottles / cups / plates / you name
it
Our vision :
To become the leading global producer of
seaweed-based packaging
Our impact :
To
stop 1 BILLION plastic bottles
reaching the ocean every year and to stop 300 million Kg of CO2 from being
emitted
March 2018
www.hemenparekh.in / blogs
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