Back in November RUR announced its plans to construct a dam in Adonis, drain the Abyss, and transform the so reclaimed land into a giant, a fully mechanized kappa berry plantation.
A key part of this project converting the toxic meta-water found in the Abyss into regular, "H2O" water, a processes known as water -demetanation. Said water can then be used to irrigate the kappa berry plantation with any excess being dumped on the Wailing Waste, thus bringing much needed water to the region.
Unfortunately little is known about meta-water and there are no known methods for water-demetanation. Which is why RUR has decided to sponsor a contest.
The contest is open to anyone on Rubi-Ka, including but not limited to RUR employees and irrespective of faction - science knows no frontiers. The winner will receive 25 million credits (Rubi-Kan) and of course kudos from the scientific community.
To enter the contest, reply below answering to at least 3 of the following questions:
1. What is meta-water really?
2. How can one in theory separate the water from meta-water?
3. What is required, in practice, to achieve viable, cost-effective industrial scale water-demetanation.
4. What, if any, waste products are produced from the process and how to dispose of them.
5. What if any are the risks associated with this process.
Post your answers below. If you want to, you may add links to any supporting media (diagrams, flash-animations, etc... ).
Any questions, feel free to contact me (Dabblez) in game or via Private Messaging.
Closing Date is Friday 22nd of June (GMT).
An example contest entry (not in contest).
2. How can one in theory separate the water from meta-water?
It is a little known fact that the precise vibration from Yuttos songs can cause meta-water molecules to destabilise and eventually separate.
3. What is required, in practice, to achieve viable, cost-effective industrial scale water-demetanation.
For this to work at an industrial scale, one would have to capture and lock up pretty much the entire Yuttos population of Rubi-Ka and the Shadowlands and confine them in cages overlooking the Abyss. AN orchestra will also need to be engaged to encourage the Yuttos to sing.
4. What, if any, waste products are produced from the process and how to dispose of them.
Curiously, there are no waste products from the demetanation process as such, however there is the matter of keeping the Yuttos cages clean…
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They key criteria for this contest is ‘entertainment value’. It helps if your contest entry sort of makes sense, but in the end this is not about real science nor is it a test of AO lore. So just have fun and best of luck!