For example, air-water extraction isn't mentioned by media in the middle east or Australia because these places are very dry climates, meaning these devices either don't work or are inefficient.
They go from 100 per cent efficiency to 50 per cent. The companies are honest about that. There's a lot of interest in this techology in Dubai, check it out if you like.
I am familiar with the technology, and it doesn't come close to 100% efficient in *any* context. Perhaps if one is judging efficiency on the amount of water in the air that the system can extract, but even that isn't ever 100%. Dubai has a lot of interests in many things that will turn up turkey. That's not an argument in favor. Air-water extraction isn't new technology; and although these companies have done wonders for improving the efficiency, the fact of the matter is that these technologies still require large energy inputs, and the production of these devices are resource intensive as well.
Also, hemp is a wonderful product, but the claim that it's widespread use could solve pollution problems is false. It's not magic.
You got a source for that?
First off, I'm not the one who needs references, but yes I could come up with such a source if I was inclined to do so. Regardless, it's an intuitive result that hemp cannot be all things in the chemical industries. It
can replace 95%+ of the hydrocarbon inputs into manufacturing (many consumer forms of plastic, most petrol based products, etc) as well as many other things. However, there is nothing that says that hemp can do all of these things cost effectively, nor can hemp replace many of the (other than hydrocarbon based) toxic chemicals in use in industry today. There are very sound reasons why most of these things are used, presently, that simply cannot be replaced by other processes.
25,000 uses seems enough for me. It's not magic but it's close to a miracle.
Each to his own though, I appreciate the comments and will look closer at the viability of AW in Oz and the Middle East. I know there are some operational companies.
25K uses, but those uses are generally in related chemical classes. All of them are hydrocarbons, no exceptions. Hemp wouldn't do anything to reduce the toxic nature of the manufacture of electronics; at least not beyond the plastic cases.
Nor would I recommend investing in any of those companies trying to make a buck from air-water extraction in the Middle East.
Remember this is only part one.
Fair enough. Remember that you asked for commentary.