Water; H20, one of the most fundamental elements for life on the planet, and so far as we know in the universe. So my question is this, can we make water? The properties of it are known by everyone, is it possible to have large scale man made water production? If so is it too expensive or what?

Just seems making it ourselves would solve a lot of issues, without getting into the politics of them.

Hell maybe they already are, I don't know. If this is a waste of a question, I apologize.

We can create water, but it's far more practical to get it from the ground or the air, or purify it. There are some really inventive gadgets just now coming out that promise to make potable water problems a thing of the past. I've heard of a water bottle with a small, permanent filter installed in it that will purify anything down to viral levels. Another thing I've seen is a floating cone looking thing made out of special plastic to evaporate H20 from any body of water. You set it down, come back later in the day, turn it upside down, and pour the water out of the spout. Just make sure it stays put, and you won't have to babysit it or anything, freeing up man-hours.

Of course, neither of these will provide enough water for agricultural purposes, but it will free up enormous amounts of people and save vast numbers of lives which end due to dehydration related illnesses like diarrhea.

First yo separate the oxygen from the air, not too difficult. Then you have to make hydrogen, quite expensive.

Finally you have to break the oxygen down and make it combine with the hydrogen, and nothing else. This is not easy to do, read very expensive, if you want large quantities of water.
It's much easier, cheaper, to extract potable water from other sources, such as air, sea water, air, products of combustion, etc.

Burn (i.e. oxidize) hydrogen gas.

Don't make it yourself! Just drink the bottled water... it's special!



Gallon-sized bottled water jugs have long been a staple product in home emergency kits for times of natural disaster, but over the last several years individually sized bottles have become a $11 billion-a-year business.

Consumers have been convinced that somehow bottled water is better than their local tap water. While this may be true in some regions, most cities' water supplies are adequately maintained and healthy.

Many people don't even realize that popular brands of bottled water are actually just purified tap water, not flowing from some mountain spring like the picture on the bottle portrays.

Also, much of the bottled water sold on the American market is imported from Europe who's water supplies are suffering from centuries of pollution.

Awareness is increasing with companies including Pepsi Co. updating their labels to make it clear that the source is the public water supply.

The price of bottled water has even surpassed the price of gasoline. What would normally cost about one penny a gallon from the tap is sold for up to 10,000 times that price.

"For a long time, I've viewed [bottled water] as a huge marketing scam," said Salt Lake City Mayor Ross "Rocky" Anderson. An increasing number of people are starting to agree with him.

In addition to the environmental impact from the millions of empty plastic bottles piling up in landfills, it takes 460 million gallons of oil a year to bring that bottled water to the shelves. It is estimated that shipping the 43 million gallons of water from Europe each year creates the same carbon-dioxide emissions as 660 cars running for a year.

The bottled water industry really does piss me off.

No pun intended.....
:rolleyes:

Yep, drive a hydrogen car and put a water bottle under the exhaust.