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New Power Plant Produces Both Energy & Fresh Water
joshmccormack writes "An article in Sunday's New York Times (Free Reg, mah peeps) tells of how Japanese scientists have found a way to make fresh water and energy from temperature differences in ocean water. This may change the rules of what land is considered habitable, and the value of energy." Fascinating stuff, next step is rumored to be beer and power.
... and now there are drops to drink.
I heard that in America Beer is less tasty than water.
Fresh water and clean energy? Sounds awfully unamerican and likely to support terrorism.
Considering that they have Beer Water (whatever that might be) in Japan, the rumor might hold some truth;)
Hey Miguel,
;o)
Have you ever thought about posting goatse to see if you'd still score a +5 Informative?
If you won't, maybe I can convince John Carmack to do it
You measure your coastlines in mules? Hmmm... how many Libraries of Congress per hogshead do your mules get?
Yes, but I think we all remember what happened last time the Japanes messed around with power plants. That's right: Godzilla. With Mothra defeated and major military forces otherwise occupied, the situation looks grim! Beware the denizens of the deep!
That's okay, just so you can consistantly avoid ground loops.
I see even classic Slashdot is now pretty much unusable on dial up anymore.
"Global cooling" - which was popular a few centuries ago - is actually more likely to happen.
;)
You mean a few decades ago. When I was a lad going to college in the 70s, there was a concern we were entering an ice age. I have sometimes wondered if scientists make up these apocolyptic theories to gain funding for research. If so, more power to them. There isn't enough investment in basic research anyway.
Anyway, global warming will happen eventually. In 5 billion years the sun will run out of hydrogen fuel at it's center and begin fusing helium at which point we are toast. I hope to be around to see it.
History is so yesterday!
Big deal - put a restaurant next to the power plant and serve boiled plankton and algae as a specialty.
Once humans start exclusively eating plankton, we won't even need all those other pesky animals like steer or pigs or lamb - we'll be at the top of a very short food chain. That should help eliminate a lot of other worries too, like decreasing farmland, soil erosion, mad cow disease, etc.
-f
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pumping, processing and discharging a volume of water equal to the flow of the Colorado River into the Pacific Ocean
Is there any water left anymore in the Colorado by the time it hits the ocean? I was under the impression that the Colorado River flowed into toilets, mostly.
GF
Lots of petrified grits
Any sufficiently debased science fiction is indistinguishable from daytime soap opera, you say?
That was classic intercourse!
The professor rigged up a distillation unit made out of coconuts and a pair of Mary-Annes underwear.
It gets better. That water, per the legal agreements, belongs to Colorado. We are finally looking to take it back. California is about to have a reality slap, soon.
Range war over water rights!
Next on "Countdown California: California asks Nevada for overfly rights...chemical weapons use a possibility if Californian troops cross the "red line" established at a fifty mile radius from Durango...French government officials decry war and surrender...Lotus Leaf Eater troops loyal to California governor Gray Davis vow to exterminate alpine troops infiltrating the Sierra Nevada range...Arizona troops to enter southern border of Colorado to stem flood of refugees in SUVs coming from Vail. Join ex-general Barry McCaffrey as he discusses possible military action.
GF.
Lots of petrified grits