Do They Know It’s Christmas?
Use Case OikosNomos.world (ONW), aims to build water taps in the desert, turning sea water into drinking water, by using solar energy to pump sweet water from boreholes, or by converting night time dew to drink. The technology is there. The largest version of a desalination machine, for example,...
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OikosNomos.world (ONW), aims to build water taps in the desert, turning sea water into drinking water, by using solar energy to pump sweet water from boreholes, or by converting night time dew to drink.
The technology is there. The largest version of a desalination machine, for example, is a 20-foot container with filters (membranes) for reverse osmosis, and solar panels to power it. The machine costs $200,000 to purchase and install. It produces 100,000 liters of clean water per day, using nothing but free and plentiful seawater and sunshine. The water will be sold commercially to parties such as brewers and beverage companies at a premium price, to make SeaBeer, SeaDrink, or SeaJuice. Water will be given away for free to poor populations in the direct vicinity of the tap.
They will use their mobile phones to open the tap. It will then release two to five liters of water. This can be repeated as often as required and prevents misuse.
Any water produced but not sold will go into fishponds, to be run by the local community. In return, they will provide physical security, e.g. against theft or vandalism, and do simple maintenance worksuch as cleaning the pipes and filters. The ponds themselves are simple, mere holes in the ground of approximately one cubic meter, lined with plastic sheets, and home to 10-15 fish (e.g. catfish, or tilapia).
We want to finance this! Not through donations or one-off kindness, but via sustainable financial instruments such as an interest-bearing bond, the DeFi Hunger & Poverty Water Bond.
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The challenge is to write an article of maximum 2,000 words that describes a solution to address the use case outline. The best three articles (technical report, methodology, etc), will be submitted to the Blockchain in Healthcare Today Platform Approaches Journal for editorial review and publication at no cost.
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| spelling | doaj-art-1e4954c98ff3490fb1bca8645c6772442025-01-08T13:53:17ZengPartners in Digital HealthBlockchain in Healthcare Today2573-82402024-12-0173482Do They Know It’s Christmas?Cees Hesp0https://orcid.org/0009-0007-8368-8187Chairman, oikosnomos.world, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands, and Peer Reviewer, BHTYUse Case OikosNomos.world (ONW), aims to build water taps in the desert, turning sea water into drinking water, by using solar energy to pump sweet water from boreholes, or by converting night time dew to drink. The technology is there. The largest version of a desalination machine, for example, is a 20-foot container with filters (membranes) for reverse osmosis, and solar panels to power it. The machine costs $200,000 to purchase and install. It produces 100,000 liters of clean water per day, using nothing but free and plentiful seawater and sunshine. The water will be sold commercially to parties such as brewers and beverage companies at a premium price, to make SeaBeer, SeaDrink, or SeaJuice. Water will be given away for free to poor populations in the direct vicinity of the tap. They will use their mobile phones to open the tap. It will then release two to five liters of water. This can be repeated as often as required and prevents misuse. Any water produced but not sold will go into fishponds, to be run by the local community. In return, they will provide physical security, e.g. against theft or vandalism, and do simple maintenance worksuch as cleaning the pipes and filters. The ponds themselves are simple, mere holes in the ground of approximately one cubic meter, lined with plastic sheets, and home to 10-15 fish (e.g. catfish, or tilapia). We want to finance this! Not through donations or one-off kindness, but via sustainable financial instruments such as an interest-bearing bond, the DeFi Hunger & Poverty Water Bond. Challenge The challenge is to write an article of maximum 2,000 words that describes a solution to address the use case outline. The best three articles (technical report, methodology, etc), will be submitted to the Blockchain in Healthcare Today Platform Approaches Journal for editorial review and publication at no cost. Final submission date is March 1, 2025. Upload your submission here.https://blockchainhealthcaretoday.com/index.php/journal/article/view/375bhty sponsored contentdefidlt water bond challengenamibiaoikosnomos.worldonw.world proeftuinwaterwater bond |
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