If water is composed of two parts hydrogen and one part oxygen, both common elements, why can't droughts be eliminated by combining the two to produce water?

Baloo55th

Can be done - but where are you going to get the hydrogen from? It doesn't exist in a free state in any conceivably usable quantity in the atmosphere. Free hydrogen combines with oxygen very soon. It is produced from natural gas - which has a great value for other purposes, and which is a fossil fuel - or by electrolysis of guess what? Water.... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrogen Jul 14 10, 6:44 AM

star_gazer

A more realistic solution to droughts is desalinization - removing the salt from ocean water. Our technology that allows for this still needs improvement, however. This will make it much more cost effective. http://texaswater.tamu.edu/readings/desal/IntrotoDesal.pdf Jul 14 10, 9:51 AM