# Mysterious company buys land next to Travis Air Force Base in California. What's going on?

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**Post date:** [January 17, 2024, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mysterious-company-buys-land-next-to-travis-air-force-base-in-california-whats-going-on/988479/68 "2024-01-17T20:14:49Z")

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> [@Ulfreida](#):
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> Techies believe everything is a tech problem. Water really is not.

Actually, there is a potential tech solution to water shortage: condensation. Every once in a while I see some report of a new surface or other technique to condense water from the air for use in places that have insufficient potable water. I don’t think any of them have been commercialized, but perhaps some have.

At any rate, the question is, can they do it in sufficient volume at a low enough cost to make their town liveable?

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