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1,500-Ship Fleet Proposed To Fight Climate Change
Roland Piquepaille writes "According to UK and US researchers, it should be possible to fight the global warming effects associated with an increase of dioxide levels by using autonomous cloud-seeding ships to spray salt water into the air. This project would require the deployment of a worldwide fleet of 1,500 unmanned ships to cool the Earth even if the level of carbon dioxide doubled. These 300-tonne ships 'would be powered by the wind, but would not use conventional sails. Instead they would be fitted with a number of 20 m-high, 2.5 m-diameter cylinders known as Flettner rotors. The researchers estimate that such ships would cost between £1m and £2m each. This translates to a US$2.65 to 5.3 billion total cost for the ships only."
Where's the obligatory whatcouldpossiblygowrong tag?
I mean, come on, use your imagination: a autonomous robotic fleet of cloud spewers gone astray?
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And here I thought dropping an ice cube into the ocean was a really far fetched idea and nobody would take it seriously.
-- What did Spock find in Kirk's toilet? The captain's log.
One question for any Chaos Theory fans: what are the long-term effects of creating large, man-made clouds over the ocean?
In Central Park you get rain instead of sunshine and a whole lot of people get eaten by prehistoric animals?
I want peace on earth and goodwill toward man.
We are the United States Government! We don't do that sort of thing.
solving the problem once and for all.
ONCE AND FOR ALL!
Sometimes, only RTFA can help you.
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You mean like Death Valley which is below sea level? Which mostly is a prehistoric salt water lake anyways. Stop making sense, it upsets the balance of power for elitists.
I've got 101 mod points and you can't have them!
They didn't mention that on the Discovery Channel.
Give a man fire, and you warm him for the night. Set a man on fire, and you warm him for the rest of his life.
Ah... but what if we fired lime, salt, Grand Marnier, Jose Cuervo, and some ice into the sky?
As a supporter of chaos theory and all things quantum..
My answer is, "Yes there will be long-term effects, and no there will not be any long-term effects.
Job? I don't have time to get a job! Who will sit around and bitch about being broke and unemployed then?
We need to do enough research to make sure it won't cause a hurricane / tsunami first
You don't actually know what a tsunami is, do you?
Hey, it could happen. Those clouds can get pretty big! If one of them were to fall....
;-)
I'd prefer to look at it as every able-bodied living person obtaining a $0.99 rubber chicken and shaking it at the sky... Costs the same, involves the entire world community, and is just as useful.
In Soviet Washington the swamp drains you.
That's the stupidest thing I've ever seen modded to +5.
*pft* Hell, I can beat *that*! Just check out some of my comments. I expect an apology.
If she doesn't like it we may have to kill her to save ourselves! :(
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When a certain species of animal overmultiplies, and Mother Nature brings a drought,
Oh sure bring religion into it.