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An Array of Solar Powered Desalination Stills

So in reading about the drought in California I was inspired to try to design some kind of solution. I guess I was frustrated after reading the plethora of news about the drought and seeing little to no solutions mentioned. Just NYTimes naggery and finger pointing and stuff about how California's agricultural industry simply does not manage water well. How California has never implemented drought measures that other parts of world has. And then, maybe it's because I'm a gardener and I recycle water that I actually see this drought problem easily solvable. So here's my little Temple Grandin moment! An "array" of solar stills floating like enormous doughnuts on the sea. It would make me really happy if some people in California would try this out. 

Confliction and The Measels

Confliction - A sickness of conflict between one political idea and another. The Measles Outbreak of 2015 We can't tell parents what to do with their own kids But we want to tell parents what to do But the Government has NO RIGHT to tell parents what to do But we really really really just want to tell parents what to do But we can't. It's not cool OK but seriously, some other kids are at risk, and we should just make laws NO, we can't tell parents what to do with their own kids. THAT is already law! How about we trot out doctors and be really nice about telling parents what to do? Yeah, but a lot of people understandably don't trust pharmaceutical corporations OK let's use statistics, numbers! Let the data convince the parents! BUT, the LAW says, we can not tell parents what to do with their own kids