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EOTE

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7. Why must this be bullshit?

Reply to hunter (Reply #5)

Wed Mar 13, 2013, 01:54 PM

Mar 2013

And I seriously doubt that carbon-nano ANYTHING will be like asbestos. Carbon nanotubes are simply carbon, arranged very precisely into perfect little tubes. We've been exposed to carbon our whole lives, aside from hydrogen and oxygen (water), carbon is the most abundant element in our bodies. Why must a good discovery like this be looked upon with such scorn?

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Pentagon weapons-maker finds method for cheap, clean water [View all] Sherman A1 Mar 2013 OP

This actually sounds promising. hedda_foil Mar 2013 #1

It does indeed Sherman A1 Mar 2013 #3

Quick! Weaponize it! Orrex Mar 2013 #2

Sounds good. I wonder if they are being over optimistic on time scales n2doc Mar 2013 #4

First fusion, now this bullshit. hunter Mar 2013 #5

Why must this be bullshit? EOTE Mar 2013 #7

It takes a certain amount of energy to desalinate water. hunter Mar 2013 #9

Yes, I'm very well aware that doing things requires energy. EOTE Mar 2013 #10

As a chemist, this is very interesting to me. Victor_c3 Mar 2013 #6

How much energy is required to produce the carbon fiber membrane? nt Romulox Mar 2013 #8