Human Sustainability: One Of The Cossibility Of Human Sustainability

Human Sustainability:

The sustainability issue I am addressing is one of the most important issues we are facing today. This issue involves one of the most precious resources to man. We are composed of it, we require it to survive and we use it to create new things every day. I am referring to water, simple H2O. It is infact more valuable than gold or diamonds because without it we would be a long extinct species.

Water Scarcity:
Wikipedia defines water scarcity as, “The is the lack of sufficient available water resources to meet the demands of water usage within a region.” [1] This is a devastating problem because, as mentioned before, water is one o the most valuable resources to man. So if this resource is so important, why are there

If one could create a similar surface then one could construct these on a larger scale to collect enough water to sustain the people living in arid environments. What is being proposed is a structure which is designed to farm or harvest the moisture out of the air. These structures could be built with the same surface as the beetles and allow us to to combat global water scarcity.

There is one underlying question. Efficiency. By that I mean, if we were to mimic the surface areas of the beetles it would have to produce enough water to make the energy input worth it. So the main question to ask is; If we are to replicate the Namib Desert beetles methods of moisture collection on a larger scale would it produce enough water to make the initial investment of time, money and energy worth it?

Investigation:

Hypothesis:
The process of moisture collection on a larger scale is a feasible idea which, in the end, will make the investment of time, money and energy worth it.

Aim:
To investigate whether or not moisture collection using the methods of the Namib Desert beetle can be used on a larger scale to produce enough water to make the initial investment of time, money and energy worth