[travisoneill1]

2 cents a liter is not close to feasible for any sort of agricultural or industrial use and is an order of magnitude more expensive than residential tap water. Seems like cool tech, but I can't see how this is a solution to any type of water shortage.

[jpm_sd]

I believe the general idea is to provide drinking water where there is no pre-existing "residential tap water" infrastructure.

[Dylan16807]

> I can't see how this is a solution to any type of water shortage.

If you don't have drinking water, five to ten cents per day is a pretty good deal! It really doesn't matter that tap water somewhere else in the world is one cent.

[travisoneill1]

For one person, yes. But it would be cheaper to build a running water system for everyone to have tap water than to widely deploy this system.

[ed_balls]

Another problem is that the water doesn't taste great.

[polynomial]

Source?

[cellularmitosis]

Perhaps he's referring to the notion that, in general, the taste of distilled water differs from mineral water?

Also, I was about to post a concern about distilled water possibly leaching nutrients from the body, but a quick google reveals the opposite may be true: https://www.nutriteam.com/distilledleach/

[ed_balls]

I'm the source. Have you tried water from these devices? P mich awful distilled water.

[AnimalMuppet]

Well, it's essentially producing distilled water. Many people find that somewhat distateful.

[glibgil]

The water is pulled from the air