Monday, September 19, 2011

excel

Microsoft Excel is a very useful program. It allows for information that might otherwise be complicated, be understandable. Through Excel, data can be condensed, stored, and shared with others so that is easily understood. The program is also useful for visual and organizational programs, as various graphs can be included.
By means of Microsoft Excel, AquaHeat will store data of our progress. Data will include where heat plates are located and the temperature of the heat plates. Also, the data will show the correlation between heat plate temperature, water pressures levels and heat temperatures, and the amount of time needed for water to be considered drinkable and then distributed. We will use graphing methods to better show and explain these factors.
As AquaHeat begins to expand as not only a company, but also an environmental movement, Microsoft Excel will enable us to see how effective our work is, and allow us to share with others our methods and progress, in hopes to gain support in changing the world.

Monday, September 12, 2011

    Since early childhood, you've always been encouraged, maybe even forced, to drink water. Its healthy, pure, and most importantly its one of our basic needs for survival. While two-thirds of the human body is composed of water already, drinking potable water is essential in the process of respiration and energy. Water covers about 70 percent of the earths total surface. So in short, those "greens shades of crayon" of the colored globe are dominated by the blue Crayola crayon. 
    So why is that 100 percent of the worlds population are not adequately hydrated by the earths purest substance? While water takes up 70 percent of the earth, only 3 percent of that is drinkable - the rest is considered "undrinkable" because it is salt water. As a result, more than a billion people, more than one-seventh of the world, lack access to drinking water, as well as proper sanitation. Sadly, each year millions of people die due to lack of water and hydration, and waterborne diseases. 
    For decades the "we have to revise a plan to get drinking water into these countries" line has been overused, and no actions have been taken. Meanwhile, human beings are still suffering.  So what can we do to reverse this crisis? We start by putting into effect the most logical plan. Since 97 percent of the earths water is of salt water, we have to eliminate the salt. We know that in order to precipitate salt, water must be brought to an extreme boil. Our scientist will do exactly that, just on a much greater scale. Underwater plates will be positioned at sections of the sea's bottom. as the heat intensifies, salt will began to precipitate, thus making more and more saltwater drinkable.