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Scientist Patents New Method To Fight Global Warming
SUNSTOP writes to tell us that a relatively unknown Maryland scientist has proposed a public patent that he claims could combat global warming. The proposed plan would require massive amounts of water to be sprayed into the air in an effort to bolster the earth's existing air conditioning system. "First, the sprayed droplets would transform to water vapor, a change that absorbs thermal energy near ground level; then the rising vapor would condense into sunlight-reflecting clouds and cooling rain, releasing much of the stored energy into space in the form of infrared radiation. Kenneth Caldeira, a climate scientist for the Carnegie Institution's Department of Global Ecology at Stanford University whose computer simulation of Ace's invention suggests it would significantly cool the planet. The simulated evaporation of about one-half inch of additional water everywhere in the world produced immediate planetary cooling effects that were projected to reach nearly 1 degree Fahrenheit within 20 or 30 years, Caldeira said."
A Little Known Maryland Scientist Has Made Public
YES! We have a new winner for most descriptive Slashdot headline EVAR!
AntiFA: An abbreviation for Anti First Amendment.
"No sir, I do not believe you are 'doing your part to prevent global warming.' Now please stop spitting. No, I don't believe the other patrons need to be cooled."
Obama has appointed him as Secretary of the Absurd.
Strange things are afoot at the Circle-K.
As I dig out from several feet of snow, I'm not entirely sure I want the earth cooler.
Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.
A hitherto unknown scientist offers an easy solution to greenhouse gases that's actually going to wipe out humanity?
Where's the Doctor???
I know, it's just as silly as dropping a big ice cube into the ocean.
The OP is a brilliant literary artist.
I kept waiting for the second half of that sentence, but then *BAM* period. End of sentence. I was all like, "WOAH! This guy's messing with my brain by defying the convention of the written word!"
If you don't understand the OP, then you don't appreciate avant-garde literature.
Dewey, you fool! Your decimal system has played right into my hands!
Right! We just rely on voluntary emissions reductions from the people of the world to counter global warming! Not an impractical crackpot scheme at all!
The World Wide Web is dying. Soon, we shall have only the Internet.
Someone has gone and done it. They have PATENTED vaporware! Now every company that promises to deliver software and never does will be sued by this clown!
Isn't water vapor one of the biggest greenhouse gasses?
Yes it is, but what do you expect? This guy is not a rocket scientist, he is a little known scientist.
Respect the Constitution
I wonder if this idea will ever
Who would win this election: Andrew Weiner vs Andrew Weiner's weiner.
"A Little Known Maryland Scientist Has Made Public" .....And then he ACCIDENTALLY THE WHOLE THING
I made in public once.
SJW: Someone who has run out of real oppression, and has to fake it.
Please state the nature of the medical emergency.
My blog
I think this gem earns a "whatcouldpossiblygoright".
Virginia is for lovers. EVE is for griefers.
... the energy expenditure of putting the water into the air?
Unless he has a carbon-neutral method of doing that, too...
Duh! Hydro power!
With all the water he's spraying, there is bound to be some run-off. Dam those newly formed streams and rivers up and use the hydro power to power the pumps that will pump the water.
There is no "I disagree" mod for a reason. Flamebait, Troll, and Overrated are not substitutes.
Capture a 150ft (50m) asteroid and throw it into the middle of the Atlantic. That will rise A LOT of water into the atmosphere. Remember, you heard it first from me.
Seriously - how long does it take to write a dozen thoughtful words, then check it??
Find out in the upcoming /. article "Slashdot Editors Have Checked"
some might call this vaporware
Thats because everyone here (obviously except you) knows about Kenneth Caldeira, which in one point during last year.
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When are you grammer nazis going to learn, english doenst have rules of grammer, they are more like suggestions than rules.
Same goes for spelling and punctuation, I suppose.
Quidnam Latine loqui modo coepi?