if i were on a boat that sank and landed on an island, how could i make the water drinkable?  ok, what if i had unlimited resources!
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Well when I was at camp as a kid what we did was wrap a bag around a tree limb.  You know like the big garbage bags.  during a day a good amount of water collects.  Another way is to place a plastic sheet over a thing of salt water....during the day the salt water evaporates onto the plastic and runs down.  That's drinkable too....need to make sure to catch the run off though.
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you could do a project of 'rain harvesting'\nconstruct a house,surrounded by a small canal -shaped tank which can hold water when it rains use this water (after purification)for various odd uses.\nit works if you use small plastic tubes as canals\n    OR\n a sugarcane industry is a very good idea(i got a prize for this.)\nbut you need to make crusher,purifier,separator,and drier made of steel or iron.
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If the new island is in international waters no single nation can legally lay claim to it. However, any nation can adjust the extent of their territorial waters to suit themselves. Of course this can lead to the nation having to duke it out with other countries over the ownership issue.
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Too bad others can't give thought provoking questions like this. That's a tough one. There are so many things I'm sure I'll never get to do. I think the one thing I'd like to do most is go on a driving trip through all of Europe and see the places I've only read about. I'd start in Iceland and go from there. Of course I know I couldn't drive over the water. That's what ferries are for.
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Yes...the baseball guy got it right. Although, there are three possible answers:\n\n---SUBMARINE---\nObviously, open the windows and the water eats you alive.\n---AIRPLANE---\nOpen the windows and the atmosphere will suck you off the airplane.\n---IN SPACE---\nWe all know that air tries to occupy everything. But the air in the ship you're riding on does not have sufficient air to occupy the whole universe. Which is why when you even dare to make a hole or open a window from your transporter, the air will travel outside so fast which could include you and get sucked out through that small hole or window. (Just like in JASON X, cool movie aint it?)
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I think water would be the best thing for you, if you are dehydrated already then beer will just make it worse!
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yes , you can do whatever you want in international waters , we used to go deep sea fishing and be able to drink when i was very young . not sure the exact mileage but it took about an hour to get that far
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no i dont think you can, i know for sure u can't just live off water. i think the record is 7 days for that and fruit juice wolnt do you much better. your body requires food.
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Go to a pagan group and ask for a water ritual.  It is a spiritual ritual.  Or make up your own.  Consecrate yourself to whatever you think of as good, and then take a cooling plunge in a lake.  All the best.
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There are two different "environmental conditions" which would affect the water: very low pressure and very low temperature.\nThe first thing to happen is that the water would "boil" (that is start to turn into a vapor).  This would be described as a "vacuum distillation."  This process (which removes heat from the liquid water), combined with the already low temperature would remove enough heat for the water to freeze.\nIf the container was allowed to remain exposed, the solid water would slowly continue to "sublime" (turn into a vapor under reduced pressure) until some sort of equilibrium was reached.\nNo.  I do not believe that this experiment has been tried, or if tried, the results released to the general public.
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Drink plenty of water.
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Exactly what you said above. I couldn't have said it better. you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink. Good luck to and your sisters.
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Okay little shaver...whoever told you this is pulling your leg. The next step is to get you to 'experiment' don't do it or you'll be known as a pee drinker for the rest of your life. There is a famous quote about sailors adrift without drinking water "water, water everywhere but not a drop to drink" it doesn't say "Here willy pee in me mug I gots me a terrible thirst to slack"
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for a 1,000 miles, enough beer, booze and food so we are not thirsty and don't turn cannible? But I'd have to call the coast guard to get a real list but I'd like to have life jackets a raft and a radio...at the very least...but i have to pack all my shoes for a trip that long and i'm afraid i wouldn't have room for the radio
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This sounds silly but, water drink lots and lots of water.
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When you drink, the ice would be at the bottom of the glass. There would be no icebergs above water, no Antarctica. There would have been no ice age. No iceskating, no hockey, no icefishing (at least not naturally). Submarines would have to navigate more carefully because large chunks of icebergs would be under water. No polar bears, penguins, and any other animal that lives in the Arctic Circle or Antarctica. Those animals live on the ice and wouldn't be able to survive without it.
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Ok you need a bowl of water and the sun. The energy is trapped (at least temporarily) in the water, as heat.