Comment on Anon goes camping

• Omgpwnies@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  A pot, a sheet of plastic, a cup, a rock, some sticks and rope and you can distill water.

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  • Hagdos@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    And a massive amount of fuel.

    Have you ever tried to evaporate a liter of water? It takes a lot of energy to do so. Fun for a science project, but if you need enough to stay alive/be comfortable, it’s a lot easier to bring water.

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    • Omgpwnies@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      If you’re in the woods, you have access to a virtually unlimited amount of fuel. If you’re in a desert, the fuel source is nuclear. This is a technique taught in survival courses/manuals and military field guides all over the world.

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      • Hagdos@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Sure, but gathering wood takes a lot of effort and energy. It’s an option if you don’t have the filters, but the original question was why not distill if boiling and filtering ends up in “not great”.

        If I have to survive, and I can do with boiling and filtering, I’ll take “not great” water over spending hours gathering and chopping wood to keep a fire going long enough to vaporize a liter of water.

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