New miracle material poised to alleviate the global water and energy crisis

[Serpo]

New miracle material poised to alleviate the global water and energy crisis Posted by The Watcher (http://thewatchers.adorraeli.com/author/thewatcher/) on November 04, 2013 in categories Building a better world (http://thewatchers.adorraeli.com/category/building-a-better-world/), Editors' picks (http://thewatchers.adorraeli.com/category/editors-picks/), Energy (http://thewatchers.adorraeli.com/category/energy/), Sustainable living (http://thewatchers.adorraeli.com/category/sustainable-living/), Technology (http://thewatchers.adorraeli.com/category/technology/), Water crisis (http://thewatchers.adorraeli.com/category/water-crisis/)
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Daunting observations made in the Population Institute report, "2030: The 'Perfect Storm' Scenario," clearly illustrate the dire need for innovative solutions concerning the pending worldwide energy and water crisis. According to Science Daily, "With the world's population expected to hit 8.3 billion by 2030, there will be a massive increase in the global demand for energy and food by 50 per cent and 30 per cent for drinking water."

Yet, scientists at Nanyang Technological University (NTU (http://www.ntu.edu.sg/Pages/index.aspx)) in Singapore have steadily worked over the last five years to create a seemingly miraculous material that produces hydrogen, creates clean water and can even generate energy - all at a very low cost in contrast to the current technology available.
Multitasking wonder Called Multi-use Titanium Dioxide, the material is formed by creating nano fibers from titanium dioxide crystals, which are then used to construct a flexible membrane. Carbon, copper, zinc and tin are also utilized in fabrication, depending on the ultimate use of the material. Since titanium dioxide is abundant and inexpensive, Professor Sun of NTU's School of Civil and Environmental Engineering said that "such a low-cost and easily produced nanomaterials [are] expected to have immense potential to help tackle ongoing global challenges in energy and environmental issues," as reported by Science Daily.

As noted in Science Daily, the nanomaterial created from titanium dioxide can:


Produce clean water and hydrogen when exposed to sunlight



Remove salt from water at a high flux rate



Be made into a cost-effective, anti-fouling filtration membrane



Destroy harmful pathogens and be used as antibacterial bandages



Be made into economical solar cells for generating electricity



Double battery life when used in lithium ion batteries

During development, it was discovered that the membrane could act as a photocatalyst, transforming wastewater into oxygen and hydrogen when exposed to sunlight, while also producing clean water. Platinum is normally used for this water-splitting effect, but the precious metal is cost prohibitive and rare.

"As of now, we are achieving a very high efficiency of about three times more than if we had used platinum, but at a much lower cost, allowing for cheap hydrogen production. In addition, we can concurrently produce clean water for close-to-zero energy cost, which may change our current water reclamation system over the world for future livable cities," said Professor Sun.

"While there is no single silver bullet to solving two of the world's biggest challenges: cheap renewable energy and an abundant supply of clean water; our single multi-use membrane comes close, with its titanium dioxide nanoparticles being a key catalyst in discovering such solutions," observes Professor Sun. "With our unique nanomaterial, we hope to be able to help convert today's waste into tomorrow's resources, such as clean water and energy."

Sources:
http://www.sciyencedaily.com (http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/03/130320094856.htm)
http://pubs.rsc.org (http://pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/ArticleLanding/2012/CP/c2cp40997f#%21divAbstract)
http://www.sciencedirect.com (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0043135411007810)
http://www.populationinstitute.org (http://www.populationinstitute.org/external/files/reports/The_Perfect_Storm_Scenario_for_2030.pdf)

Republished with permission from Natural News (http://www.naturalnews.com/042772_miracle_material_global_water_supply_titani um_dioxide.html)
Written by Carolanne Wright

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[Hypertiger]

The change required is basically is exponential....

The entirety of global civilization has to transform rapidly...before it reaches the point where it is forced to.

Its turn or burn...

you have to reduce your demand for supply upon the system to virtually zero.

like growing crops all summer to survive the winter.

investing yield into the acquisition of yield to sustain existence.

is inflationary.

like summer.

well you can invest money into the production of more money.

But there is a supply of power that supports this.

The more you invest into the supply of power to avoid supplying power....the less power you get from the supply.

The net supply of power is not affected by the net demand for it.

There is maximum potential supply and maximum potential demand.

reality powers fantasy.

A CEO does not power the existence of a farmer.

If you think a CEO powers the existence of a farmer.

You are a victim of social engineering.

If you do not produce the power you consume...You are a slave to a master that does.

The net producers are the real masters and fake slaves that sustain the fake masters that are the real slaves.

The global system is the master or lie you all believe is Truth and worship and supply all your real power to.

The system uses this power to create and power the continued existence of the servant all in the system slave for.

Money...or what the real power produced...fake power.

The net producers of power are net supply of power to the magic printing press.

The net consumers of power are the net demand of the magic printing press.

I supply the invisible power to the magic printing press.

You all do too...but ultimately the vast majority of the population is a net consumer of the power of the net producers.

The yield rates are dropping because Hypertigers do not have infinite power to supply your demands for infinite power.

They have a maximum potential to supply the demand for yield by all the net consumers.

All the little net consuming birdies in the nest chirping for the net producers to drop worms in their mouth.

until the maximum potential ability to get worms and drop them in your mouths to consume is reached...Or the feeder stops showing up.

and then your demand becomes greater than the supply.

and you become yield starved and begin dying and crying.

when I say no to your demand.

I supply you with negative power.

It has an opposite effect than positive power.

[7th trump]

The change required is basically is exponential....

The entirety of global civilization has to transform rapidly...before it reaches the point where it is forced to.

Its turn or burn...

you have to reduce your demand for supply upon the system to virtually zero.

like growing crops all summer to survive the winter.

investing yield into the acquisition of yield to sustain existence.

is inflationary.

like summer.

well you can invest money into the production of more money.

But there is a supply of power that supports this.

The more you invest into the supply of power to avoid supplying power....the less power you get from the supply.

The net supply of power is not affected by the net demand for it.

There is maximum potential supply and maximum potential demand.

reality powers fantasy.

A CEO does not power the existence of a farmer.

If you think a CEO powers the existence of a farmer.

You are a victim of social engineering.

If you do not produce the power you consume...You are a slave to a master that does.

The net producers are the real masters and fake slaves that sustain the fake masters that are the real slaves.

The global system is the master or lie you all believe is Truth and worship and supply all your real power to.

The system uses this power to create and power the continued existence of the servant all in the system slave for.

Money...or what the real power produced...fake power.

The net producers of power are net supply of power to the magic printing press.

The net consumers of power are the net demand of the magic printing press.

I supply the invisible power to the magic printing press.

You all do too...but ultimately the vast majority of the population is a net consumer of the power of the net producers.

The yield rates are dropping because Hypertigers do not have infinite power to supply your demands for infinite power.

They have a maximum potential to supply the demand for yield by all the net consumers.

All the little net consuming birdies in the nest chirping for the net producers to drop worms in their mouth.

until the maximum potential ability to get worms and drop them in your mouths to consume is reached...Or the feeder stops showing up.

and then your demand becomes greater than the supply.

and you become yield starved and begin dying and crying.

when I say no to your demand.

I supply you with negative power.

It has an opposite effect than positive power.

The supply of power is the "people" you moron.....not money.
Money is nothing but a medium of exchange.
Without people the parasites dont exist.
Go put your head back in the bottle you drunk!

[mamboni]

Deja vu all over again.


http://i.imgur.com/Q0JqFvN.jpg

[Ponce]

The new God's have spoken and we will follow.

V

[Hatha Sunahara]

Titanium Dioxide?

Yes, the description of this new wonder material kinda reminded me of another recent new wonder material--Graphene. Here, have a go at that one:

http://gigaom.com/2013/07/15/what-is-graphene-heres-what-you-need-to-know-about-a-material-that-could-be-the-next-silicon/

The novelty I think is more in the technology--Nanotech--than in the material. We are likely to have a lot of these wonder materials as nanotechnology evolves.

Oh, I should also point out that shortages as in energy and water are things used by fraudsters pushing their agendas--like 'Peak oil' or global warming. Yes, here, we have a solution. Care for a carbon tax? Cap and Trade? Technology will save us. Fraudsters won't. But, the bigger the fraud, the more people will fall for it.


Hatha

[ximmy]

There is no water or energy crisis... Only TPTB who want to hoard it all, and keep prices high.