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Telecom Cables Wanted For Climate Research

schliz writes "Oceanographers have called for telecommunications companies to use their active and retired submarine fibre to collect climate data. Sydney University's John You says voltmeters could simply be attached to cable landing stations to measure ocean currents via the electromagnetic current that they generate. More information about salinity and seismology could be collected by attaching sensors to repeater boxes that are typically installed every 100km of cable to amplify signals. Because fibre optic cables could remain under the sea for decades, they could be a consistent, continual source of data for researchers."

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  1. Fiber Generate Electricity? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Come on now... When's the last time "You" connected a Simpson meter to a fucking fiber cable?
    Why don't you lay "real fucking sensors" (tm) , instead of tying up cables for something other than intended?

    If there is Man Made Climate Change - it's classified (HAARP+Aerial Spraying), and therefore a scam, for a NWO framework, and spanking new global monetary system
    If the Climate is Changing on it's own because of the SUN - Then Carbon Tax is a scam to fund the NWO framework, and a spanking new global monetary system

    No doubt the Climate is changing, the question is do you want a New World Order, or to simply build better Locks, Levies, Dams, and move people away from the Coast naturally, like has happened since time began.