Unlimited Fresh Water: Can MIT’s Breakthrough Save Us?

Sleep is unbelievably important, so make sure yours is the best with Eight Sleep! Use my link or code ’Ziroth’ for $200 off! This video is an exploration into a resent rabbit hole I went down. I read about MIT’s new desalination breakthrough on Reddit, and needed to learn more! The topic of desalination is an important one that is only becoming more critical and could be a lifeline for huge area of the world. As well as looking at the breakthrough, this video also touches on classical methods (multi-stage distillation and reverse osmosis) and a case study of where this could be used, Kiribati. Credits: Producer: Ryan Hughes Research: Sian Buckley and Ryan Hughes Video Editing: @aniokukade and Ryan Hughes Music: Joris Šimaitis /// Key Sources /// Breakthrough: (23)00360-4 Kiribati Lenses: IPCC Report: Salt Water Brine Issues: Jones et al. The state of desalination and brine production: A global outlook Chapters: 0:00 Intro 1:10 Standard Desalination 2:56 Case Study 6:20 Problems to Solve 8:49 MIT System (Inspiration) 10:10 MIT System (Operation) #engineering #desalination #breakthrough