Regarding the embarrassment reaction: if some rando sent me nudes of my friends or family out of blue I'd just report them. "Well yeah that's my brother's junk, did you need confirmation or something?".

This won't fit every context but hey, a lot of the people who could get it might not freak out and need a pastor afterwards.

Is the cheap particle board, thrown into a landfill and buried, not "stored carbon"?

I did the legwork for a phd project that involved comparing indoor dehumidifiers efficacy on AWC in a desert. The cost varied wildly, in the 10c-4$/liter range, but that also included tests at 5% humidity and 120F outside, and others while it was raining.

Most places could use active systems like this for cheaper and cleaner water than they're currently getting. I will mention though, the refrigeration based dehumidifier collected every damn particulate in the air with it. It definitely needed filtration. Even moreso, this water is salt-free, and you can't live off that. These are costs to consider when using AWC.

A still more glorious dawn awaits, not a sunrise, but a galaxy rise.

A morning filled with 400 billion suns, the rising of the milky way

Carl Sagan, Cosmos

In Job Corps when the opposite gender entered a dorm, they had to announce it with a shout. That way anyone feeling they may get exposed have warning they're about to be within sights. It was a bit crude, but it could have solved this problem.