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Ah, missed that when I was skimming the article, thx.

Yeah, this is the important part. On first glance it was yet more of the extremely expensive powered devices (even if they are internal power with solar cells) that would almost never make economic sense vs a truck. But this isn't automatically prohibitive like most such things.

Drinkable? The article mentions of no filtering or treatment. Would you really want to drink water straight from the air?

We already have substances for pulling water from the air, they’re called desiccants.

I recommend watching Thunderf00t’s series of videos debunking these devices, they’re universally scams or academic hype.

Condensation is inherently fairly pure, until it runs over uncleaned surfaces. Yes, I'd drink pure water.

Dessicants are inherently mostly-inedible compounds, with a tiny amount of water (when fully charged).

They are nothing alike.