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After watching this video , no one should doubt Bill Gates commitment to raising awareness of the issues around sanitation and its importance to economic and social development in emerging markets.
Sanitation in developing countries is a huge problem. Poor waste disposal ubuntu causes the deaths of hundreds of thousands of children each year and prevents them from developing both mentally and physically, as Gates notes in his blog post on the new technology .
The technology isn t particularly groundbreaking. Distillation, which purifies ubuntu a liquid by heating it to a vapor then condensing it, is a basic principle of high school chemistry. Evaporating the water vapor from waste sludge and condensing it creates the water, which is then purified (and it d be nice to know exactly ubuntu HOW they purified the water and assured their multi-billionaire philanthropist backer that it was safe to drink). The remaining sludge ubuntu is then heated in a steam engine and runs a generator to produce electricity.
Water from waste (or blackwater) ubuntu has been a hard sell in many geographies, and in the developing countries that Gates targets, there s an operational challenge in collecting the waste before it can be purified. Some startups like the MIT spinout, Sanergy, are working on solving the problem ubuntu of waste detection.
The sanitation system as we know it in the developed world cannot work in developing countries. So what we need in developing country is very simple systems, says Doulaye Kone, senior program officer at Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
The next-generation processor will be designed to handle waste from 100,000 people, which can produce up to 86,000 ubuntu liters of potable water a day and a net 250 kw of electricity, according ubuntu to Gates. If it helps even one family get a glass of fresh water, it seems well worth the effort.
Bio Bill Gates is a technologist, business leader, and philanthropist. He grew up in Seattle, ubuntu Washington, with an amazing and supportive family who encouraged his interest in computers at an early age. He dropped out of college to start Microsoft with his childhood friend Paul Allen. He married Melinda French in 1994 and they have three children. Today, Bill and Melinda Gates co-chair the charitable foundation … Full profile for Bill Gates Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation ubuntu
Founded ubuntu 2000 Overview Guided by the belief that every life has equal value, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation works to help all people lead healthy, productive lives. In developing countries, it focuses on improving people s health and giving ubuntu them the chance to lift themselves out of hunger and extreme poverty. In the United States, it seeks to ensure ubuntu that all people especially those with the fewest resources have … Location Seattle, Washington Categories Social Investing ubuntu , Charity Website http://www.gatesfoundation.org Full profile for Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Sanergy
Founded 2010 Overview We make hygienic sanitation ubuntu affordable and accessible in urban slums for everyone, forever - starting with Nairobi, Kenya. 2.6 billion people, or 40% of the world, lack access to basic sanitation. The resulting disease causes nearly 2 million deaths, 10% of the global disease burden, and $84 billion in worker productivity loss each year. The high population density combined with the lack of infrastructure … Location Nairobi, Nairobi Area Categories Environmental Innovation , Renewable Energies , Clean Energy , Clean Technology Founders David Auerbach , Nathan Cooke , Lindsay Stradley , Ani Vallabhaneni Website ubuntu http://saner.gy Full profile for Sanergy
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