As much as I dislike Bill Gates he has paid for these kinds of purifiers, and also the clay-pot refrigeration ( basicaly two pots, sand and water) And the eco-toilet ( easy to make, cheap, and the waste products end up as fertilizer. Btw, there is a clay pot even cheaper (almost as effective) version of this which The Gates foundation also helps pay for. That and misquito nets... saves literaly tens of thousands of lives.
why not more then 6000 i can help thinking planned obsolescence?-- why not make one or use another product. where the life span is more like lets say. a 8 that is layed down ?
wouldnt be surprised if this dude ends up dying in a " accident " and all the schematics were " lost " or some shit hehe but on a serious note this is awesome .
the filter purifies the water such that it eliminates the turbidity of the water (the bacteria, dust, etc), but there will still be alkalinity, metallic ions in the water that will be present in ground waters.
@mgsblade Good point. He conveniently forgets everything else in water. If it were that simple, the solution to Somalia's drought problems would be to pipe the Indian ocean in, and drink it with LIFESAVERS sent by charities.
@iwanabana the same thing we do with plastic bottles, but instead of 25 thousand plastic 1 ltr bottles we throw away 1 core filter (From the jerry can since it can provide 25,000 litres of water - and since its enough for a family of 4 for 3 years (wow!!! I want a jerry can myself, river thames BAMF free water) imagine how much less waste we have 1 filter or several thousand bottles of water (some could be 2 ltrs some a gallon etc but still much more then a 1 filter)
So uhm, why isn't this, you know, used everywhere to save all those people? If this is what is presented as, it's amazing and should be used EVERYWHERE.
@DoctorWeeTodd The thing is I found out about fluoridation and its problem long before I knew Alex Jones though. If I knew Alex Jones 10 years ago, I would be living in fear everyday. Since I knew him recently, I used him as a source of interesting tips that I would do further research upon. Hey DWT, what if he is right 80% of the time? Would that warrant your change of mind to how our world work? I mean, all the motives, people, and resource are there for the Illuminati thing to be true.
The People that don't like this video are the first ones that will be Crying and complaining and bitching because they are Thirsty... or because they have the runs etc
Is this for real? It seems too simple, too good to be true. If he's describing it realistically, he basically just saved like a million people per year.
The 30 people who don't like this video have ties to the bottle water industry. They might work for coca cola, pepsi, poland spring, and the list can go on and on.
I'm not sure that the problem for a lot of people is that water near them is dirty, so much as there is no water near them. There would still be the problem of having to walk a long way to get water.
Maybe the best application would be this technology inside of rain barrels near people's houses?
I do think the crisis applications of this are very promising.
@xnostalgiax He should. I'm not saying he should sell his invention for large amounts of cash. But this man deserves to be wealthy a lot more than most.
I can't believe that we have advances in medical technology that has eradicated some of the most lethal viruses known to man, we have mastered the semiconductor and we build computing devices that seem like pure fantasy and yet we haven't yet come up with an effective and cheap way to filter dirty water.
I can see that people who are sick and dying or in the position of living on dirty water are less of a priority than Paris Hiltons teacup chihuahua.
@o0tracytrac0o considering how much money goes to charity i dont think money's going to be an issue when it comes to providing clean drinking water for everyone
@o0tracytrac0o $20 Billion to give everyone in the world clean drinking water? I think you need to reevaluate your statement. We (the US) spend that on the electricity and energy alone to process, desalinate, and sanitize the water we drink each year. $20 Billion overall is not a bad tag, honestly.
@AngelosDracul I agree with you that the price tag is not that bad, but you don't see anyone paying it. I hope you can prove me wrong. That would be wonderful. ^_^
@AngelosDracul You should also try your own calculations rather than depend on others. $20 billion is NOT enough to give drinking water to those in need for even 1.5 years. It barely covers 1 year, and that doesn't include transportation costs. So it's not like you just pump in $20 billion and then everybody is happy.
Huge question... What about chemical contamination? :( I feel like its only half a miracle :(
Though good job for the invention. Wish TedTalks were more focus on the technological aspect of the device then the human implication (I assume that at least 95% of TedTalks viewers already know the human implication of such device).
Omg, is this same guy who was on Dragon's Den (UK version) selling those little things they could put in aerosol cans to make the spray come out even when the spray bottle was upside down???
Or an even better idea is to get 10.5 million dollars from each country and if some countries cant afford that get like America or Canada or like some other rich countries to give better shares of the money. there, the world is all good.
@MitchDesousa It's actually mind-boggling; there's not a single country in the world that couldn't muster 10 million dollars. It's the cost of a small apartment complex.
@sammeme Read the FAQ on their web site. It can be used to filter urine, just won't take out all of the salt, and so the salt will build up to a dangerous level after a few passes.
It's ridiculous to expect this technology to be free. No one could pull that off, and oly a bunch of anal retentive distrustful hippies would expect it.
@octohorse Of course. There is no MONEY in actually solving a problem. The money is in perpetually managing the problem. Just ask the pharmaceutical companies.
@MaUS91Pinky No, Bear Grylls would have gone to Tesco and bought a water filter, filtered it, then look heroic as he pours it through the T-shirt, accidently not taking the water filter out of shot in the background.
Ray Mears on the other hand would just need to bless the water with his epicness.
How is that better than solar water disinfection (SODIS) (wich is free !!), or boiling water (requires a fire, replaces SODIS when rainy). Isn't the whole issue more about informing people of the dangers of non-sterilized water instead of making business out of it ?
I traveled to Indonesia last year with NGO, went in a slum, in Makassar, pick up trash. A year later, people use garbage bags and keep their place clean... they'd never been told you can get diseases walking on broken glass/metal !!
"How is that better than solar water disinfection (SODIS) (wich is free !!), or boiling water (requires a fire, replaces SODIS when rainy) "
for starter, when there's a flood it's more likely to be cloudy and rainy... (cuz the water evaporation) and when there's a natrual disaster, electricty or a place / pot to cook water is not available.
i believe this is a good application for emergency situation but the price is really kinda high...
@boou86 While that boiling is effective in killing most nasties, it's not %100 effective, from what I read. Not to mention above a certain altitude boiling results in lower temperatures. A filter proven to be able to filter the smallest organisms would seem preferable. Given the apparent ease in using this product doesn't hurt either. A thumbs up for volunteering in Indonesia. A thumbs up for those helped taking their education to heart..
Just looked online at the price of these and it appears that greed is still a factor in this invention. If "Michael Pritchard" was that bothered about the plight of millions in third world countries not getting drinking water, he'd be giving them away. He's just another guy manipulating a shitty situation to make himself some money, and even though he's invented something that will save thousands of people... he's still a douche!
Nothing new. Y do these snake oil salesmen imply they are "saving the earth" when it's just a new package of an old solution. The bottle costs $150 US, then there's the replacement cartridges also. Same thing with the jerrycan ($300 and $400). You can buy a filter bottle for under $50.00, add Chlorine dioxide or regular bleach for the small stuff.
Where is the 3rd world family going to get that kind of money?
Google "bio sand filter", cheap, 3rd world obtainable, clean, water.
This is a fantastic product, I don't think there's any question about if it's a fake demo - I don't think a scam of that scale wouldn't last 5 seconds under the microscope. The problem is that it costs £170 (retail)... Then again, it's less the cost of a litre a day for 6 months.... So not bad.
Not to be a killjoy, but I noticed that as he began to drink the poo-water, the camera cut away (5:49) showing a group of people clapping. Never saw him actually drink it, and the glass he hands to the director could have been switched. Just sayin'... I really do hope this works
@Garnog404 That's an interesting perspective to consider.You never know when videos with a appearance of meaning well can have an entirely different interior alltogether.
This bottle will filter out ALL pathogens from fresh water. It will not filter sea water, but it will take the pathogens out. It comes with a carbon filter that helps with the chemicals. Check out the video "Lifesaver Bottle vs Shop-vac"....that's a true test of nastiness for this bottle.
This is great but it's not profitable for governments or corporations to provide clean drinking water. Massive infrastructure and long-term construction are the big ticket items. Unfortunately, the cost is too high: human lives.
wouldn't probably work on saltwater as the salk is loose between the watermolecules and is then the size of a water molecule. and the filter lets the water through of coruse, and should also let the loosed salt through as well. am i right?
"With 20 billion dollars everyone can have access of drinking water? "That would be useful to create some sort to Dam and sterile the dirty water. But why don't Ted just teach these people how to make one for free, and you don't need 20 billion dollar?
Did you hear when he mentioned how much money that kind of infrastructure would cost? Why not just have one of those bottles that you can go down to a nearby water source and get some water?
Does anybody else have the feeling this new tec doesn't really succeed? Its not that new anymore and the US Army is still taking water bottles to Haiti instead of these LIFESAVER bottles. Whats stopping this technology? Problems? Pricing?
It is a great technology, and would help millions of people so if it takes billions of pounds to implement its production distribution then that's a small price to pay to benefit people. It won't sort out all problems, but its a great start
£20 Billion?!?!?........is that all? I dont know where you are from, but where i am from, the UK, we have just given the banks £2 Trillion. £20 Billion to save lives doesnt sound that much anymore, dont you think? ;o)
ha ha, true. and also, the problem I have is that, what's that country gonna do with so many more people living? Not to devalue human life by saying that, but you have the problem of overpopulation in those countries already. You need infrastructure to have a clean and safe society, and in order to have that infrastructure you need an economy and a government which cares about its people.
loads koz this guy isnt trying to save the world his trying to make money so if you will go to his website you will see he is charging wayyy to much for every little peace of plastic he sell's. so that is the only sad part here really
As much as I dislike Bill Gates he has paid for these kinds of purifiers, and also the clay-pot refrigeration ( basicaly two pots, sand and water) And the eco-toilet ( easy to make, cheap, and the waste products end up as fertilizer. Btw, there is a clay pot even cheaper (almost as effective) version of this which The Gates foundation also helps pay for. That and misquito nets... saves literaly tens of thousands of lives.
wotmot223 4 days ago
where can i get one of these
hyper080 1 week ago
Depopulation plan does not like this
SemiazasxXx 2 weeks ago
this is genius!
righteousrafael 4 weeks ago
why not more then 6000 i can help thinking planned obsolescence?-- why not make one or use another product. where the life span is more like lets say. a 8 that is layed down ?
champenhimself 1 month ago
So... is this being implemented?
Crazee108 1 month ago
wouldnt be surprised if this dude ends up dying in a " accident " and all the schematics were " lost " or some shit hehe but on a serious note this is awesome .
Bushie1988 1 month ago
They're not using it everywhere because it's still too expensive to produce on a large scale. But yes...it's real, and it's amazing.
stil97bella 1 month ago
it is very necessary in India particular in North India , bcz a lot of river in North area , first in my native place in Bihar
RANJAN9852 2 months ago
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Throw them all out, our world's populated enough.
Yertledasturtle 2 months ago
@Yertledasturtle we are quite overpopulated but don't other people deserve to live like you and me?
ThyrmBloodaxe 1 month ago
someone's going to make carbon nano tubes do it better somehow. not cheaper yet, but better.
Spazzboy911 2 months ago
also, don't try to purify your own piss with that. The urea WILL pass through the filter, fyi...
DERFVEDA 2 months ago
the filter purifies the water such that it eliminates the turbidity of the water (the bacteria, dust, etc), but there will still be alkalinity, metallic ions in the water that will be present in ground waters.
DERFVEDA 2 months ago
dude shud go on dragons den
AD4M9 3 months ago
he speaks of bacteria and viruses, but what about chemicals? how does he filter them out?
mgsblade 3 months ago
@mgsblade Good point. He conveniently forgets everything else in water. If it were that simple, the solution to Somalia's drought problems would be to pipe the Indian ocean in, and drink it with LIFESAVERS sent by charities.
johnsonanum 1 month ago
This is great
fishrcoolturtles2 3 months ago
a free infomercial. He just had to pay with ideas.
WaySide66 4 months ago
thumbs up if you wish it was michael richards.
FinalBreathofAnalog 5 months ago
yes realy handy when the product is not easy to find..im from norway,,where can i gett one ??
Kimindigo 5 months ago
@Kimindigo you are in norway, go to a home and turn on the tap water. if you are up north you have fresh water from Ice.
yumagetbullet 5 months ago
This is brilliant but what about water contaminated with toxic chemicals?
Anantko 5 months ago
They had Willard Wigan make all of their filters.
peterpanmannnn 6 months ago
@ 0:42 i sarted to laugh a little bit, then suddenly stoped because no one was laughing in the crowd.. awkward.. :P
SuperChickenBurgers 6 months ago
So that's why I want to talk about water.. By the way 4 kids just died somewhere... But besides that... hurricane Katrina...
pppppcrehan 7 months ago
38 people like poowater
etphonehome2915 7 months ago
Thank you so much Michael, you give me hope to my dream, and I will work harder to see it happen...making better changes for this world....
varnnee123 7 months ago
Question: what are we going to do with the used core?
iwanabana 7 months ago
@iwanabana the same thing we do with plastic bottles, but instead of 25 thousand plastic 1 ltr bottles we throw away 1 core filter (From the jerry can since it can provide 25,000 litres of water - and since its enough for a family of 4 for 3 years (wow!!! I want a jerry can myself, river thames BAMF free water) imagine how much less waste we have 1 filter or several thousand bottles of water (some could be 2 ltrs some a gallon etc but still much more then a 1 filter)
mryevix 5 months ago
@iwanabana cook them up and eat them
tommyn79 5 months ago
It's reverse osmosis.
darkmaster388 7 months ago
Try to save the world instead start wars
amadeumc 7 months ago in playlist world savers
So uhm, why isn't this, you know, used everywhere to save all those people? If this is what is presented as, it's amazing and should be used EVERYWHERE.
Robinzorz 8 months ago 8
incredible
Akiachrounoumena 8 months ago
nice
330AS012 8 months ago
I assume you can filter sea water with this?
If you can....no "water wars"....ever....
ImBetterthanReligion 9 months ago
what about fluoride and other toxins that government put into our water?
sai18kit 9 months ago
@sai18kit What about Alex Jones that has been putting too many toxins in your mind?
DoctorWeeTodd 9 months ago
@DoctorWeeTodd The thing is I found out about fluoridation and its problem long before I knew Alex Jones though. If I knew Alex Jones 10 years ago, I would be living in fear everyday. Since I knew him recently, I used him as a source of interesting tips that I would do further research upon. Hey DWT, what if he is right 80% of the time? Would that warrant your change of mind to how our world work? I mean, all the motives, people, and resource are there for the Illuminati thing to be true.
sai18kit 9 months ago
@sai18kit ah shit man i know what you mean fluoride in my toothpaste and tap water has turned me into a zombie-like murderer like chris benoit.
ThyrmBloodaxe 1 month ago
this will never take because WATER WARS are coming. its called BLUE GOLD for a reason ladies and gentlemen
rev0107 10 months ago
The People that don't like this video are the first ones that will be Crying and complaining and bitching because they are Thirsty... or because they have the runs etc
elfarrow 10 months ago
expensive but probably not if u buy a thousand of them
machetey 10 months ago
How does this work with saltwater`?
Ko252 10 months ago
@Ko252 It doesn't. but just waddle upstream a bit.
JohnBorgy 10 months ago
SEND SOME TO JAPAN PLEASE
Rhaabjorn 10 months ago 2
@Rhaabjorn sounds like a plan
machetey 10 months ago
this should get more views
ertekkiadgrinast 10 months ago
could the same be done with salty ... water?.....now that would be truly impressive...slan.
crunchie1151 10 months ago
Is this for real? It seems too simple, too good to be true. If he's describing it realistically, he basically just saved like a million people per year.
ThreeChe 10 months ago 21
@ThreeChe where is the nobel price?
Ko252 10 months ago 3
What a pity on the price. If this were cheaper, I'm sure every family in japan would have one.
Ibuse123 10 months ago
enough with the piss jokes ! you're spaming my email :(
MaUS91Pinky 10 months ago
The 30 people who don't like this video have ties to the bottle water industry. They might work for coca cola, pepsi, poland spring, and the list can go on and on.
Ribsbroken 10 months ago
Wow
kelb89 10 months ago
I'm not sure that the problem for a lot of people is that water near them is dirty, so much as there is no water near them. There would still be the problem of having to walk a long way to get water.
Maybe the best application would be this technology inside of rain barrels near people's houses?
I do think the crisis applications of this are very promising.
Dextrophobia 10 months ago
How much do these individual thing cost /?
SomeIrishGuy19 10 months ago
What a prat. Pay for my expensive water bottle because I'm a prick. A water bottle? Honestly, that isn't economically feasible.
sirukinx 10 months ago
Lack water? Better drink my own piss.
dbrloveless 10 months ago
$200 for a bottle? are you trying to help people or just helping yourself? this thing is a joke.
anekinoo7 10 months ago
Why did the end seem so much like a sales pitch? He just wants to get rich from his invention.
xnostalgiax 10 months ago
@xnostalgiax He should. I'm not saying he should sell his invention for large amounts of cash. But this man deserves to be wealthy a lot more than most.
Xen155 10 months ago
I can't believe that we have advances in medical technology that has eradicated some of the most lethal viruses known to man, we have mastered the semiconductor and we build computing devices that seem like pure fantasy and yet we haven't yet come up with an effective and cheap way to filter dirty water.
I can see that people who are sick and dying or in the position of living on dirty water are less of a priority than Paris Hiltons teacup chihuahua.
LOLDISNEYLAND 10 months ago 2
Someone send this shit to Bill Gates
BoeserOverlord 10 months ago
The product is very expensive though. It'll be difficult to use effectively.
o0tracytrac0o 10 months ago
@o0tracytrac0o considering how much money goes to charity i dont think money's going to be an issue when it comes to providing clean drinking water for everyone
LzJPage 10 months ago
@o0tracytrac0o $20 Billion to give everyone in the world clean drinking water? I think you need to reevaluate your statement. We (the US) spend that on the electricity and energy alone to process, desalinate, and sanitize the water we drink each year. $20 Billion overall is not a bad tag, honestly.
AngelosDracul 10 months ago
@AngelosDracul I agree with you that the price tag is not that bad, but you don't see anyone paying it. I hope you can prove me wrong. That would be wonderful. ^_^
o0tracytrac0o 10 months ago
@AngelosDracul You should also try your own calculations rather than depend on others. $20 billion is NOT enough to give drinking water to those in need for even 1.5 years. It barely covers 1 year, and that doesn't include transportation costs. So it's not like you just pump in $20 billion and then everybody is happy.
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bumblefoot2004 10 months ago 2
@bumblefoot2004 LOL
kaboom195 10 months ago
"Since I've been talking, 13,000 have the runs, and 4 children have died."
For God's sake, stop talking!
bumblefoot2004 10 months ago
I love his speach and think they are an amazing idea, but I have one question. Where can I actually buy some?
Pineappable 10 months ago
Brilliant. The world must be grateful to you Michael.
2012Aragorn 10 months ago
Huge question... What about chemical contamination? :( I feel like its only half a miracle :(
Though good job for the invention. Wish TedTalks were more focus on the technological aspect of the device then the human implication (I assume that at least 95% of TedTalks viewers already know the human implication of such device).
MertonDingle1111 10 months ago
get this to japan sharpish
ElliotovHull 10 months ago
@ElliotovHull Japan isn't a third world country... I'm sure they already have tons of bottled water on reserve for just such an occasion....
leif77 10 months ago
thanks for making me picture 13,000 people collectively splashing diarrhea out of their scrawny asses.
234234234werrrrrrr 10 months ago
Omg, is this same guy who was on Dragon's Den (UK version) selling those little things they could put in aerosol cans to make the spray come out even when the spray bottle was upside down???
djdogjuam 10 months ago
lol that means he'll become 20 billion richer :) it's just advertisement... but it's a good thing though
hyeclass 10 months ago
I want one of these myself in case I ever get into some strange situation.
instereovideos 10 months ago
It is only $0,02/L. How much does it cost in your shop?
cgsplus 1 year ago
Very cool, but at $160 a bottle - that translates into big bucks when thinking about mass distribution.
theisaacgoff 1 year ago
Even if you think about that last statement as 10 billion dollars per child's life, I think it's worth it.
ISignedForYou 1 year ago
Or an even better idea is to get 10.5 million dollars from each country and if some countries cant afford that get like America or Canada or like some other rich countries to give better shares of the money. there, the world is all good.
MitchDesousa 1 year ago
@MitchDesousa It's actually mind-boggling; there's not a single country in the world that couldn't muster 10 million dollars. It's the cost of a small apartment complex.
huggkruka 10 months ago
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its all cool and he did a good thing.....but im sure the blacks will say they invented it and he stole it from them....lol
krazychuck216 1 year ago
Question......how could 30 people dislike this video???????
mkdelta69 1 year ago 60
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go fuck yourself, that's how
234234234werrrrrrr 10 months ago
@mkdelta69 4 chan
nezrec 10 months ago
@mkdelta69 Proof of Skynet...
stoddcrew 10 months ago
@mkdelta69 Evian employees?
Mnementh2230 10 months ago
@mkdelta69 They missed the button.
Ko252 10 months ago
@mkdelta69 maybe their hands are not very steady and they hit dislike instead of like. :)
rishigangoly 7 months ago
@mkdelta69 38 now mate. bloody idiots
koller 6 months ago
It has to be shipped any where in the world that has no safe drinking water.
Many thanks for the presenter...
Wishing him good luck...and the conscious world to understand him...
I believe this invention ( if credible) and tested...then it is life saving in many aspects of challenges...
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m4lvolio 1 year ago
not joking about this question... but what about urine...
sammeme 1 year ago
@sammeme Read the FAQ on their web site. It can be used to filter urine, just won't take out all of the salt, and so the salt will build up to a dangerous level after a few passes.
generosity9 1 year ago
stillsuits!
nerdyharry 1 year ago
AMAZING
mkdelta69 1 year ago
It's ridiculous to expect this technology to be free. No one could pull that off, and oly a bunch of anal retentive distrustful hippies would expect it.
This is a good deal and a good goal
octohorse 1 year ago
@octohorse Of course. There is no MONEY in actually solving a problem. The money is in perpetually managing the problem. Just ask the pharmaceutical companies.
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polysemousncrk 1 year ago
Bear Grylls would have filtered that water just through his T-shirt!
MaUS91Pinky 1 year ago 47
@MaUS91Pinky Bear Grylls would have drunk his own piss.
frenzyon88 10 months ago 8
@MaUS91Pinky and then drank his own piss
spindext 10 months ago
@MaUS91Pinky He doesn't need to filter water, he can just drink his own piss.
TheBeerVolcano 10 months ago
@MaUS91Pinky After that he would add a bag of powdered piss
Milosmilk 10 months ago
@MaUS91Pinky Bear Grylls would have filtered that water through his body, then drank it in piss form.
CaptainBernieMadoff 10 months ago
@MaUS91Pinky
I lol'd
avikine 10 months ago
@MaUS91Pinky actually he prefers to drink his own piss, instead.
chasezas 10 months ago 2
@MaUS91Pinky
got no shirt...
better drink my own piss
Mrutada1109 10 months ago 2
@MaUS91Pinky Not before he drank his own piss.
EternalOutbreak 10 months ago 2
@MaUS91Pinky Bear Grylls also would've had diarrhea.
sferris5316 10 months ago 3
@MaUS91Pinky No, Bear Grylls would have gone to Tesco and bought a water filter, filtered it, then look heroic as he pours it through the T-shirt, accidently not taking the water filter out of shot in the background.
Ray Mears on the other hand would just need to bless the water with his epicness.
qttytn 10 months ago 2
Project Purity.
YouthEnergy 1 year ago
WHAT GIVES ?.... I THOUGHT FILTHY WATER WAS A GOOD WAY TO RID THE WORLD OF FILTHY BEGGARS IN THE HOT COUNTRYS
LilChuckyWoodenHead 1 year ago
How is that better than solar water disinfection (SODIS) (wich is free !!), or boiling water (requires a fire, replaces SODIS when rainy). Isn't the whole issue more about informing people of the dangers of non-sterilized water instead of making business out of it ?
I traveled to Indonesia last year with NGO, went in a slum, in Makassar, pick up trash. A year later, people use garbage bags and keep their place clean... they'd never been told you can get diseases walking on broken glass/metal !!
boou86 1 year ago
@boou86
"How is that better than solar water disinfection (SODIS) (wich is free !!), or boiling water (requires a fire, replaces SODIS when rainy) "
for starter, when there's a flood it's more likely to be cloudy and rainy... (cuz the water evaporation) and when there's a natrual disaster, electricty or a place / pot to cook water is not available.
i believe this is a good application for emergency situation but the price is really kinda high...
x2fishes 1 year ago
@boou86 While that boiling is effective in killing most nasties, it's not %100 effective, from what I read. Not to mention above a certain altitude boiling results in lower temperatures. A filter proven to be able to filter the smallest organisms would seem preferable. Given the apparent ease in using this product doesn't hurt either. A thumbs up for volunteering in Indonesia. A thumbs up for those helped taking their education to heart..
5lkk 1 year ago
Just looked online at the price of these and it appears that greed is still a factor in this invention. If "Michael Pritchard" was that bothered about the plight of millions in third world countries not getting drinking water, he'd be giving them away. He's just another guy manipulating a shitty situation to make himself some money, and even though he's invented something that will save thousands of people... he's still a douche!
ItsYourBlood 1 year ago
this may be a solution to the current crisis
PakistanFloodsOrg 1 year ago
there should be more people like this on this little planet we call earth
kdizzzle123 1 year ago
Half a cent per day for three years is only $550 bucks. Buying 25000 liters of water in bulk in plastic bottles it's about 10-20 times that price.
Zantaer 1 year ago
infomercial...
abcrumb 1 year ago
it uses activated carbon to filter chemical contaminants.
gutspraygore 1 year ago
what is the diameter of sodium ions?
Could this be applied to sea water?
similarly why such a small scale, a model on a small settlement scale would also have usefull applications.
bstreetbstreet 1 year ago
"Much to the dismay of my wife, *smile* hah..hah.. *crickets*"
IAmANub 1 year ago
so true
I hope this guy goes far
with his message
stealthsuit58 1 year ago
Nothing new. Y do these snake oil salesmen imply they are "saving the earth" when it's just a new package of an old solution. The bottle costs $150 US, then there's the replacement cartridges also. Same thing with the jerrycan ($300 and $400). You can buy a filter bottle for under $50.00, add Chlorine dioxide or regular bleach for the small stuff.
Where is the 3rd world family going to get that kind of money?
Google "bio sand filter", cheap, 3rd world obtainable, clean, water.
hoz49 1 year ago
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imasazn 1 year ago
i think 27 pushed the wrong button
imasazn 1 year ago
@imasazn I think so too. Why would any thumbs down clean water technology?
chachee99 1 year ago
This is a fantastic product, I don't think there's any question about if it's a fake demo - I don't think a scam of that scale wouldn't last 5 seconds under the microscope. The problem is that it costs £170 (retail)... Then again, it's less the cost of a litre a day for 6 months.... So not bad.
tubeguinness 1 year ago
Not to be a killjoy, but I noticed that as he began to drink the poo-water, the camera cut away (5:49) showing a group of people clapping. Never saw him actually drink it, and the glass he hands to the director could have been switched. Just sayin'... I really do hope this works
Garnog404 1 year ago
@Garnog404 That's an interesting perspective to consider.You never know when videos with a appearance of meaning well can have an entirely different interior alltogether.
ChanGengYun 1 year ago
Ill be getting the big jug for the zombie apocolypse
nickiownu 1 year ago
JESUS!! WHY IS THIS NOT MORE POPULAR?!
killroy456 1 year ago
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fuseal1 1 year ago
This bottle will filter out ALL pathogens from fresh water. It will not filter sea water, but it will take the pathogens out. It comes with a carbon filter that helps with the chemicals. Check out the video "Lifesaver Bottle vs Shop-vac"....that's a true test of nastiness for this bottle.
fuseal1 1 year ago
Is he the richest man on the planet already?
romehalt 1 year ago
This man is a genious, pure and simple.
lillbrorsan 1 year ago 4
You can buy these on Amazon now.
ROFLpwnedvideos 1 year ago
This is great but it's not profitable for governments or corporations to provide clean drinking water. Massive infrastructure and long-term construction are the big ticket items. Unfortunately, the cost is too high: human lives.
eldonjames 1 year ago
This is like my favorite video in the whole damn world!
alextheangry02 1 year ago
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fuseal1 1 year ago
Then... I do not get Haiti
gin00gin 1 year ago
@Lagamaister half a cent a day...
jonjon1333 1 year ago
wouldn't probably work on saltwater as the salk is loose between the watermolecules and is then the size of a water molecule. and the filter lets the water through of coruse, and should also let the loosed salt through as well. am i right?
oxbert123 1 year ago
Yes you're right. But removed of molecular debris, simple methods are in existence to remove salt from water.
jesterspace 1 year ago
@ProximitySymbol i bet you would care when Al Qaida takes over a 3rd world country....like they did with Afghanistan....
tri400 1 year ago
@tri400 OMG are you serious?? the ONLY invasor everywhere is USA!
gin00gin 1 year ago
By saying that, you've become one of those worthless vermin. Try to become more humane.
julsiebee89 1 year ago
I am not sure if saving human lives is right anymore...
there might be much more effective concepts for general good.
jebovasgugl 1 year ago
you should've first explained te problem
and then told u found a cure
its seems to be more efficient when people get emotionally involved (first)
Yamakashi1 1 year ago
that is fantastic!
Chewu 1 year ago
I wonder do you have to paid a water tax?
dan020350 1 year ago
"With 20 billion dollars everyone can have access of drinking water? "That would be useful to create some sort to Dam and sterile the dirty water. But why don't Ted just teach these people how to make one for free, and you don't need 20 billion dollar?
dan020350 1 year ago
Did you hear when he mentioned how much money that kind of infrastructure would cost? Why not just have one of those bottles that you can go down to a nearby water source and get some water?
Runescape28 1 year ago
i know :)
dan020350 1 year ago
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StrangerEight 2 years ago
that's great idea , it will just solve so many problems in poor countries .
metalz88 2 years ago 4
These should be shipped massively to Haiti right now.
Xaulted 2 years ago 34
and who s going to get that 20 biljoen bucks?
yes of course, our dear michael will...
treesax 2 years ago 2
Does anybody else have the feeling this new tec doesn't really succeed? Its not that new anymore and the US Army is still taking water bottles to Haiti instead of these LIFESAVER bottles. Whats stopping this technology? Problems? Pricing?
doctoreeee 2 years ago
wow this guy can feel good about himself
Pwnagemerchant 2 years ago 15
sure he is a genius
rashidaas 1 year ago 3
It is a great technology, and would help millions of people so if it takes billions of pounds to implement its production distribution then that's a small price to pay to benefit people. It won't sort out all problems, but its a great start
Nug03 2 years ago 3
I would just cycle my piss every day.
misterhed 2 years ago
would that work? you need nutrients naturally found naturally in water to survive.
daniel201992 2 years ago
no, you just need pure h2o in your water.
Btw, that's how the astronauts in the International Space Station are going to get drinking water, by recycling their urine.
misterhed 2 years ago
really? But arent there certain nutrients you're supposed to get from drinking water other than h20?
daniel201992 2 years ago
Not really. Most of it are available in the plants we eat.
essen961 2 years ago
@daniel201992 as oppose to drinking bacteria and dirt?
jonjon1333 1 year ago
he forgot to mention the 20 billion dollars that would be needed to send the second wave of lifesaver bottles... after the first 60L are up
CarnEHge 2 years ago
£20 Billion?!?!?........is that all? I dont know where you are from, but where i am from, the UK, we have just given the banks £2 Trillion. £20 Billion to save lives doesnt sound that much anymore, dont you think? ;o)
skunkace 2 years ago
ha ha, true. and also, the problem I have is that, what's that country gonna do with so many more people living? Not to devalue human life by saying that, but you have the problem of overpopulation in those countries already. You need infrastructure to have a clean and safe society, and in order to have that infrastructure you need an economy and a government which cares about its people.
daniel201992 2 years ago
loads koz this guy isnt trying to save the world his trying to make money so if you will go to his website you will see he is charging wayyy to much for every little peace of plastic he sell's. so that is the only sad part here really