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Ask Slashdot: Large-Scale DIY Outdoor Cooling of Cairo's Tahrir Square?

Posted by timothy on from the squares-must-be-different-over-there dept.

ClimateHacker writes "The struggle for freedom is still ongoing in Egypt and one of the many challenges that face the demonstrators in Tahrir Square is the sweltering heat. Skies are mostly clear and temperatures can reach up to 44 degrees Celsius (111 F) with hardly any shade. The risk of life-threatening heat stroke is quite real. I ask clever Slashdotters out there for novel DIY passive and active ambient cooling techniques. Perhaps some ideas could be a model for saving energy on cooling elsewhere."

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  1. Tarp. by the_raptor · · Score: 0, Troll

    Get a tarp.
    Get some poles.
    Profit.

    Which is what I saw the protesters doing months ago. You get some shade, drink lots of water, and avoid heavy exertion. Basic hot weather protocol, which is all those protesters are going to bother to do. This isn't fucking rocket science, but this is one of the most retarded Ask Slashdots I have ever read.

    Why the fuck does your Western arse think it is smarter then the people who have lived in those climates for at least the past thousand years?

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  2. Re:It's not difficult by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Leave it to an Egyptian to ask for help when they've lived in the desert for thousands of years. Just tie ropes to the touts around the pyramids and to all the other con artists (wait, will there be any Egyptians left?) and attach them to spin a giant cooling fan. That will also make visiting Cairo a nice thing to do and maybe tourists will start coming back. As is, based on my previous experience with Cairo where every single person wanted my money, "oh well".

    Walk into Israel and ask for a hand out. They get along well with their neighbors.

  3. Just do your usual thing by dmesg0 · · Score: 0, Troll

    Blame Israel for the heat as well. You'll feel much better immediately.

  4. Re:It's not difficult by EraserMouseMan · · Score: -1, Troll

    Yea, good point. 0bama already showed us how to solve this problem. If we just Tomahawk'd them all to death that would eliminate anybody dying of heat stroke. And make sure to emphasize that this brilliant solution was brought to you by the fine folks at NATO. So don't blame 0bama if it seems like a totally nutty idea.