[Plantagenet]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Ferretlover', 'W')hat other benefits do we experience due to a hurricane?

[jlw61]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Plantagenet', 'S')ure its feasible.
In fact, Bill Gates could cool the entire planet if he pumps enough cold water out of the deep ocean.

[ian807]

Actually, this is pretty damn smart. Enough large ocean based stirling engines would both generate power AND reduce the hurricane probability by redistributing hot and cold water.

I do worry about the ecological consequences. Creatures of all sorts depend on having the right temperature. Muck that up and you could see a big die off.

[stonecypher]

Some wit posted a comment over at Above Top Secret that may give you a sense of how much of a vanity patent this idea REALLY is:

"I believe his approach is to build a wall made from Windows Vista DVDs. The idea is to force the air through the tiny holes while disposing of some truly crappy software at the same time. This will force the hurricanes to reboot so often they will just have to give up."

http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread481801/pg1

[steam_cannon]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('ian807', 'A')ctually, this is pretty damn smart. Enough large ocean based stirling engines would both generate power AND reduce the hurricane probability by redistributing hot and cold water.

I do worry about the ecological consequences. Creatures of all sorts depend on having the right temperature. Muck that up and you could see a big die off.

[Ferretlover]

From my "What if" file:

The earth is absorbing heat instead of reflecting it back into space (or, the Nexxus, or whatever) because of the relentless ice-melting cycle. What if everybody just paints their roofs, homes and businesses, white?

[steam_cannon]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Ferretlover', 'F')rom my "What if" file:

The earth is absorbing heat instead of reflecting it back into space (or, the Nexxus, or whatever) because of the relentless ice-melting cycle. What if everybody just paints their roofs, homes and businesses, white?

[steam_cannon]

By the way, thinking about this as a business plan. Starting small with changing a local climate like knocking out hurricanes would be a good start. They would be earning a reputation while at the same time, making money from oil companies invested in the area, shippers and the state would probably pay up for this technology too. Then after the numbers are in and systems are tested, think bigger and go after world climate change. Just when people are starting to feel the heat, there they are.

I don't know if that's what they are thinking, but it would make a heck of a business plan!

[EnergyUnlimited]

Well, apparently one economist got this Nobel/Nobel Memorial prize for theory of infinite planet:
http://steadystate.org/mountebank-nobel/
I don't know, maybe it is a joke and I have missed something.
Pleas correct me, if so.
However if true, we will soon start giving Nobel in Physics for Perpetual Motion Machines.

[radon]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('EnergyUnlimited', 'W')ell, apparently one economist got this Nobel/Nobel Memorial prize for theory of infinite planet:
http://steadystate.org/mountebank-nobel/
I don't know, maybe it is a joke and I have missed something.
Pleas correct me, if so.
However if true, we will soon start giving Nobel in Physics for Perpetual Motion Machines.

[crude_intentions]

moun·te·bank/ˈmountiˌbaNGk/Noun
1. A person who deceives others, esp. in order to trick them out of their money; a charlatan.
2. A person who sold patent medicines in public places. More »
Dictionary.com - Answers.com - Merriam-Webster - The Free Dictionary►



Unfortunately for us the Laws of Thermodynamics cannot be deceived.

[Sys1]

It's interesting to note how economy is viewed by our civilisation.
Nobel price is the best you can achieve as an intellectual reward.
Our current paradigm is that growth is unstopable and great as a purpose.
Of course, we have here a joke. But... You need to read the lines of the article to find it's sarcastic. At first stance, the title looks plausible!
Mainstream medias teach us every day that perpetual growth is as true (if not more) as gravity law. Average guy thinks economy is as serious as mathematics, physics or chemestry. This thinking is the result of propaganda. Governments, banks and medias prevent people from any critic toward our current economic paradigm. The most efficient way to do that is to laugh at so called communists-ecologists-ecoterrorists... In a way, it's forbidden to critisize the system. Actually, you can, but it's pretty like shouting in the desert.

This reminds me strongly the Middle ages, known also as dark ages, when the power was in the hands of church. At this time, it was also forbidden to critisize the system. You were called an heretic in case you didn't accept the rules of "God". You could eventually be tortured or killed for that.

Today's economy is a reminiscence of dark ages. You can't fight against the rules. You have to live with, to adapt. As we are going down peak oil slope, the preacher of growth will have to polish more and more their teaching lessons in order to keep citizens under mind control.

[Serial_Worrier]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Sys1', 'T')his reminds me strongly the Middle ages, known also as dark ages, when the power was in the hands of church. At this time, it was also forbidden to critisize the system. You were called an heretic in case you didn't accept the rules of "God". You could eventually be tortured or killed for that.

Today's economy is a reminiscence of dark ages. You can't fight against the rules. You have to live with, to adapt. As we are going down peak oil slope, the preacher of growth will have to polish more and more their teaching lessons in order to keep citizens under mind control.