We're literally going back to serfs boiling water to make it drinkable.

I'm a liberal sorry https://www.sciencealert.com/theres-a-surprisingly-easy-way-to-remove-microplastics-from-your-drinking-water

  • TheLepidopterists [he/him]
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    1 month ago

    Wait if I boil it does that help? I don't want any cancer or whatever

    EDIT: was a bit crass, but the question is sincere

    EDIT 2: I googled and found the article, it's not a bit, kril-drained

    • Grownbravy [they/them]
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      1 month ago

      all-my-apes-gone "what if we take the drinking water and use it to cool the computers. that'll boil it, right?"

    • Black_Mald_Futures [any]
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      1 month ago

      Does boiling it even help or are they talking about boiling as a step in distillation

      • Hello_Kitty_enjoyer [none/use name]
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        1 month ago

        boiling precipitates the water's minerals onto the microplastic, making it bigger (and easier to filter)

        that's why it works better with hard water than soft

        • Black_Mald_Futures [any]
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          1 month ago

          Oh okay so it's just a maybe useful pre-filtering step that will likely still not remove all the plastic

          Thanks for reading for me so my vibes based science is more informed

      • Storm [she/her]
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        1 month ago

        https://www.sciencealert.com/theres-a-surprisingly-easy-way-to-remove-microplastics-from-your-drinking-water