Hey Bill Nye, 'Can We Desalinate Water for Human Consumption on a Massive Scale?' #TuesdaysWithBill
The ability to desalinate water on an industrial scale would change the world, says Bill Nye the Science Guy, bringing fresh water to populations all over the globe that currently going without....
========== Hey Bill. This is Amy from Minnesota. I was
wondering if — when I was five years old I did this science experiment where we stuck
a stick in salt water and it made a crystal. I was wondering if there was, in terms of
desalinating water for human consumption, if there is a chemical compound that could
work as a catalyst for some sort of reaction and if we could do this on a massive scale? Amy, that is a fabulous question. Desalinization
of water could be the key to the future for so many of us humans. I'm fascinated with
this question. So you use the word catalyst, this would be a chemical that would enable
another chemical reaction, in general doesn't affect the catalyst so you could reuse the
catalyst. Right now, as far as I know, there is no...