Planetsave

Environmentalists across the nation argue that too many fish get sucked up and killed in the cooling systems of nuclear power plants each year.

As the presidential election draws near, Americans will be voting on a number of key issues, among the most important, I think we all agree, is energy.  Will we choose John McCain, the nuclear candidate, or Barack Obama,  the wind, solar, and fuel-efficient car candidate?

One issue that ties in to this debate: the significant loss of lake,  river & marine life that gets sucked into the cooling systems of many older nuclear power plants, battered against the sides of pipes, and heated to death by steam.

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Dean Kamen wants you to drink your pee…or sewage, or toxic, disease infested water.

But not until after his Slingshot has worked its magic!

The Super-Inventor unfortunately most known for the failure of his Segway has segway-ed into world-changing inventions. His latest, the Slingshot, can turn any collection of water-containing cocktails (ie. urine, ocean water, toxic sludge, sewage etc.) into pure, distilled drinking water. The Slingshot does all this without the use of filters or reverse-osmosis membranes. It purifies the water-containing source using vapor compression distillation, and can run on cow manure! And as if that weren’t enough, the manure-powered Slingshot generates enough electricity to light 70 energy-efficient light bulbs.
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