r/ATLA • u/Kendeaux • 6d ago

Discussion Desalinate water?

Maybe this has been asked, but what do you think? Could a Waterbender desalinate water? Could an Earthbender desalinate water?

What about an Earthbender and a Waterbemder? Together, could they desalinate water?

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u/WanderingFlumph 3d ago

I dont think so. Pulling water out of wet sand is one thing but salts are dissolved down to individual atoms.

There exists a real world analog to pulling water from clouds physically but there are not real world ways to physically seperate salts and water that doesn't involve using materials with teenie tiny holes so small that salts can't pass through.

Bending is magical, its a physical discipline and I don't see a physical way to do it.