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How We Can Solve the Water Crisis by Grabbing Water from Thin Air

Oct 6, 2021
27:10

Over 2 billion people suffer from unsafe drinking water or lack access to a reliable source of drinking water.

Talib talked with Source Global CEO and Founder Cody Friesen about how his company collects water by using hydropanels. They harness the energy of the sun to draw water vapor from the atmosphere.

The company also just received $7 million from Chamath Palihapitiya, founder of Social Capital, to scatter the hydropanels across California’s Central Valley.

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