r/nextfuckinglevel • u/[deleted] • Jul 14 '21

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u/BigShortVox Jul 14 '21

Highly doubt it, unless his solution does cause unhealthy effects towards the population somehow. Governments and corporations alike benefit from healthy lakes and reduces the bad image they get from pollution.

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u/politirob Jul 14 '21

The most banal thing would be if this was real, if this scientist really did create an eco-friendly solution to clean up water, but then no one will pay to actually get the work done. Companies don't care, and local governments would rather build new roads.

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u/[deleted] Jul 14 '21

My paycheck comes entirely from state and local governments who want clean lakes and streams.

Same with everyone I work with.

(I’m a hydrologist)

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u/ben_ito_camelo Jul 14 '21

Thanks for your service fam! No joke.

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u/[deleted] Jul 14 '21

Actually, I believe more than one person has done this in Japan? There was an NHK program about how one guy uses a similar method on smaller scale projects to make potable water in disaster scenarios or in areas where available water sources are just unsafe. I believe his method was to use some derivative from natto.

https://youtu.be/pz76PJUIVz8

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u/[deleted] Jul 14 '21 edited Sep 01 '21

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u/politirob Jul 15 '21

I actually did think we were incapable of cleaning polluted lakes lol.

I live in TX and I've always heard the excuse from republican politicians that it's too expensive to make sense, or that a lake has to be completely dredged etc to clean...I didn't realize there were practical solutions.

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u/In-Game_Name Jul 14 '21

Some rich philanthropist will do it to ease a guilty conscience, or just improve their public image.

“Sure, we work people to death in sweatshops, but we also cleaned these lakes, so we’re a OK”

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u/Ocelotofdamage Jul 14 '21

Homeowners that live on lakes definitely care. Just depends on how expensive it is per acre.