Comment Re:Hack? (Score 1) 347
Wouldn't be better to spend this tiny amount of money with measures to prevent and control the emission of CO2 at the atmosphere?
Yes and no. Suppose you have a venereal disease with a really itchy rash, sure you want to cure the disease, but the anti-itch cream can be just as important to the patient. Ok just kidding get your pointer off the troll button. This project is just designed to counter one symptom of green house gas. One they are not sure will even happen. If gulf stream does shuts down (because of the vanishing artic ice pack) and the shut down causes a new European only ice age, Europe will have to expend a lot more energy for winter heating. So damned if you do damn if you don't. Even if tomorrow we all switch over to a non-polluting energy source, the CO2 is still in the atmosphere and the gulf stream could shut down before anyone figures out how to remove the CO2.
Moving a lot of water around in a closed system --bio-sphere-- is problematic though. What other effects will moving all the water around have -- flood draughts? I guess they say that's why they need a study. Seems more like a feel good project for Europe. See if the gulf stream does shut down we're not completely screwed.
Yes and no. Suppose you have a venereal disease with a really itchy rash, sure you want to cure the disease, but the anti-itch cream can be just as important to the patient. Ok just kidding get your pointer off the troll button. This project is just designed to counter one symptom of green house gas. One they are not sure will even happen. If gulf stream does shuts down (because of the vanishing artic ice pack) and the shut down causes a new European only ice age, Europe will have to expend a lot more energy for winter heating. So damned if you do damn if you don't. Even if tomorrow we all switch over to a non-polluting energy source, the CO2 is still in the atmosphere and the gulf stream could shut down before anyone figures out how to remove the CO2.
Moving a lot of water around in a closed system --bio-sphere-- is problematic though. What other effects will moving all the water around have -- flood draughts? I guess they say that's why they need a study. Seems more like a feel good project for Europe. See if the gulf stream does shut down we're not completely screwed.
