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seonsengnimble
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 Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 9:58 am Post subject: Question about Lost... |
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or any other fictional portrayal of people being lost at sea/stranded on an island.
Why is water always an issue? I know you can't drink sea water, but why doesn't anybody grab something like a couple of bottles and a spoon and distill sea water. Boil the water, condense the vapor, problem solved. Not that I should have expected any common sense from Water World, but surely this would be a preferable solution to recycling urine. |
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xingyiman
Joined: 12 Jan 2006
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| Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 4:44 pm Post subject: Re: Question about Lost... |
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| seonsengnimble wrote: |
or any other fictional portrayal of people being lost at sea/stranded on an island.
Why is water always an issue? I know you can't drink sea water, but why doesn't anybody grab something like a couple of bottles and a spoon and distill sea water. Boil the water, condense the vapor, problem solved. Not that I should have expected any common sense from Water World, but surely this would be a preferable solution to recycling urine. |
It was a Kevin Costner movie so what do you expect? |
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Triban
Joined: 14 Jul 2009
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| Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 6:02 pm Post subject: |
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| YOU TAKE THAT BACK WATER WORLD WAS THE BEST MOVIE EVER MADE. I EVEN HAD THE CATAMARAN TOY HE LIVED ON WHEN I WAS A KID. THAT TOY WAS AWESOME BECAUSE IT SHOT PLASTIC PROJECTILES, WHO CARES IF IT WASNT SAFE? IT SHOT PLASTIC TORPEDOES. |
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Underwaterbob
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| Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 7:42 pm Post subject: |
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| Triban wrote: |
| YOU TAKE THAT BACK WATER WORLD WAS THE BEST MOVIE EVER MADE. I EVEN HAD THE CATAMARAN TOY HE LIVED ON WHEN I WAS A KID. THAT TOY WAS AWESOME BECAUSE IT SHOT PLASTIC PROJECTILES, WHO CARES IF IT WASNT SAFE? IT SHOT PLASTIC TORPEDOES. |
You grew up too late. I'll see your measly plastic shooting catamaran and raise you a set of lawn darts. Who's got the fun and danger now little man? |
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xingyiman
Joined: 12 Jan 2006
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| Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 8:09 pm Post subject: |
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| Underwaterbob wrote: |
| Triban wrote: |
| YOU TAKE THAT BACK WATER WORLD WAS THE BEST MOVIE EVER MADE. I EVEN HAD THE CATAMARAN TOY HE LIVED ON WHEN I WAS A KID. THAT TOY WAS AWESOME BECAUSE IT SHOT PLASTIC PROJECTILES, WHO CARES IF IT WASNT SAFE? IT SHOT PLASTIC TORPEDOES. |
You grew up too late. I'll see your measly plastic shooting catamaran and raise you a set of lawn darts. Who's got the fun and danger now little man? |
I'll take him with my 'rockem sock em' robots. |
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thoreau
Joined: 21 Jun 2009
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| Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 8:33 pm Post subject: |
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Water was never really much of an issue in Lost. They found a spring early in season 1 I believe.
That being said, I'm not sure desalination is as easy as you think. |
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One2many
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| Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 9:43 pm Post subject: |
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| thoreau wrote: |
Water was never really much of an issue in Lost. They found a spring early in season 1 I believe.
That being said, I'm not sure desalination is as easy as you think. |
It is that easy. If you can make fire you can make drinkable water from the sea. It's a matter of catching the steam which is quite easy when you know what to do. |
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seonsengnimble
Joined: 02 Jun 2009
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| Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2009 4:26 am Post subject: |
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| One2many wrote: |
| thoreau wrote: |
Water was never really much of an issue in Lost. They found a spring early in season 1 I believe.
That being said, I'm not sure desalination is as easy as you think. |
It is that easy. If you can make fire you can make drinkable water from the sea. It's a matter of catching the steam which is quite easy when you know what to do. |
Here's one simple method of doing this:
http://www.instructables.com/id/EZUJKXP8XAEYF7IDA1/
The idea I was thinking of is a bit more wasteful, but faster. If this was Lost, Find two pots, or if there are no pots in the plane wreckage, fashion them out of wreckage or sinks from the bathrooms. Fill the larger of the "pots" with sea water and place over a fire. Take a large strip of metal from the plane and prop up one end over the pot filled with sea water and the other end in the second pot. Make sure the strip of metal tilts down towards the second pot, and you're ready to go. |
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Steelrails
Joined: 12 Mar 2009
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| Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2009 5:50 am Post subject: |
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| xingyiman wrote: |
| Underwaterbob wrote: |
| Triban wrote: |
| YOU TAKE THAT BACK WATER WORLD WAS THE BEST MOVIE EVER MADE. I EVEN HAD THE CATAMARAN TOY HE LIVED ON WHEN I WAS A KID. THAT TOY WAS AWESOME BECAUSE IT SHOT PLASTIC PROJECTILES, WHO CARES IF IT WASNT SAFE? IT SHOT PLASTIC TORPEDOES. |
You grew up too late. I'll see your measly plastic shooting catamaran and raise you a set of lawn darts. Who's got the fun and danger now little man? |
I'll take him with my 'rockem sock em' robots. |
Oh just go all out and have good ol' Roman Candle Fight |
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Underwaterbob
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| Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2009 4:40 pm Post subject: |
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| Put a cup in an inch or two (you don't want it to fall over) of seawater in the bottom of a tub or bucket. Stretch a plastic bag over the top and place a pebble on it directly over the cup so the bag makes an inverted cone with it's apex above the cup. Wait, or heat for quicker results. The water will evaporate, condense on the bag and drip into the cup. Voila! Fresh water from sea water. |
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