Is there any scope of artificial drinking water in the future?
Water is made of two hydrogen atoms attached to an oxygen atom. This seems like pretty basic chemistry, so why don't we just smash them together and solve the world's water ills? Theoretically, this is possible, but it would be an extremely dangerous process, too.To create water, oxygen and hydrogen atoms must be present. Mixing them together doesn't help; you're still left with just separate hydrogen and oxygen atoms. The orbits of each atom's electrons must become linked, and to do that we must have a sudden burst of energy to get these shy things to hook up.Since hydrogen is extremely flammable and oxygen supports combustion, it wouldn't take much to create this force. Pretty much all we need is a spark -- not even a flame -- and boom! We've got water. The hydrogen and oxygen atoms' electrons' orbits have been conjoined.But we also have an explosion and -- if our experiment was big enough, a deadly one. The ill-fated blimp, the Hindenburg, was filled with hydrogen to keep it afloat. As it approached New Jersey on May 6, 1937, to land after a trans-Atlantic voyage, static electricity (or an act of sabotage, according to some) caused the hydrogen to spark. When mixed with the ambient oxygen in the air, the hydrogen exploded, enveloping the Hindenburg in a ball of fire that completely destroyed the ship within half a minute.There was, however, also a lot of water created by this explosion.To create enough drinking water to sustain the global population, a very dangerous and incredibly large-scale process would be required. Still, over a century ago the thought of an internal combustion engine -- with its controlled repeated explosions -- seemed dangerously mad. And as water becomes scarcer, the process of joining hydrogen atoms to oxygen atoms may become more attractive than it is currently. Necessity, after all, is the mother of invention.But there are safer ways of creating water out of thin air, and projects to do just that are already underway. Read the next page to learn about a few mad scientists who may end up solving the world's impending water crisis.
How can we improve Indian agriculture?
Indian Government already started their concern towards agriculture I hope. Still, would like to share few points from my perspective.Land and Farmers are the base for agriculture. So, we certainly shouldn't lose them.Many farmers are quiting agriculture. The main reason behind that is, the profit is way too low that we think. Government should encourage farmers not to quit agriculture by providing a reasonable (profitable) amount.Campaign should be conducted at each part of the country, which should explain the farmers to plant crops that will give high yield and profit based on the soil and environmental conditions.There is only few generations left. After that only few will have practical experience on field. So, we should act accordingly. We should learn, not only newer technologies but also agriculture (from our ancestors).Applying Tech in Agriculture Option is available but that is limited for medium and large land holders. Agriculture census says, 67 per cent of holdings were classified as marginal (less than one hectare) and 18 per cent were classified as small (one-two hectare). Tech option is way too much costlier for the farmers who fall in these categories. Government should provide tech option at lower cost for marginal to semi-medium land holders.Taluk wise appreciation programme can be conducted.All price and conversion rates(of crops) should be transparent and that should be decided by Agriculutral Association i.e. the rate at which a farmer sells their crops at market to the rate at which the end user buys the product (which is produced using the crops). So that we can question the intermediate person who increases rate for the end user (who can also be a farmer is an irony here).Based on per capita income of farmers, concessions can be provided for them in various aspects.Lastly, technology development should be directly proportional to agricultural development which is inverse now.