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‘It was an accident’: the scientists who have turned humid air into renewable power (www.theguardian.com)
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Tesla speculated electricity from thin air was possible – now the question is whether it will be possible to harness it on the scale needed to power our homes

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[–] astral_avocado@lemmynsfw.com 12 points 1 year ago

The Lyubchyks estimate that the levelised cost of energy – the average net present cost of electricity generation for a generator over its lifetime – from these devices will indeed be high at first, but by moving into mass production..

So next to the fact that these nanotubes will clog with bacteria/particles from the air, and that they'd likely solve it with another device that completely purifies and pushes the air, I'm not hopeful.