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Problem 1: glacial melt off raises sea level and affects ocean
salinity changing major currents
Problem 2: lack of fresh water around the planet
It seems that the most straightforward solution is to take the
fresh water from where is not needed, and bring it to where it
is.
The Middle
East, and the American South West would put
that Water to good use.
towing icebergs
https://www.google....b-1-d&q=tow+iceberg
[beanangel, Feb 08 2019]
Ice Melt Map
https://geog.ucsb.e...ational-geographic/
[whatrock, Feb 12 2019]
North Ontar-i-o-i-o
https://www.youtube...watch?v=qjLBXb1kgMo
[FT] we're both equally uncorrect [Sgt Teacup, Feb 12 2019]
[link]
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Why Easter though? Why not any other time of the year? |
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Autocorrect strikes again, one suspects. |
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"The Ice Mines of Antarctica" ... Wasn't this a Dr. Who story, with Tom Baker ? Or was it Jon Pertwee ? |
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Congratulations on having an idea that has plans and apparently financial support behind it!
[link] |
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certainly not the first time, beanangel :) |
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I can't really see the attraction of this. I mean, the usual trick
of "walking against the wind" is a bit pointless when there is,
in reality, an 80mph freezing wind. And who wants to stand
around at -40°C watching some supposedly-amusing guy in a
black-and-white striped shirt do... oh, miNes! Sorry. |
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Had exactly this idea a few days ago. My thought
was to wrap the ice in pykrete. |
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Can the tunneling be designed in such a way as to make chilling music in a blow? |
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People have been proposing this since pretty much the
discovery of Antarctica (citation needed...). |
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without the shadow of a neutrino, but, NOT as a way to
combat global warming |
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This is probably a stupid question, but, how is taking ice from the poles and letting it melt in-land supposed to stop sea levels from rising? or prevent overall salinity changes? |
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Oddly enough, Sturton says his doctor believes he may be
suffering from salinity. Well, that and hearing loss. |
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Surely the solution is just lots of sponges? They occur
naturally in the sea, so that's a good starting point. |
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Ah, if it's used in the desert it won't melt in the ocean, 2
fries? And don't even think about any water cycle nonsense |
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piss has officially been taken |
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A more proactive solution would be to instead hasten the
melting of the ice caps while buying up inland areas (link).
Chosen carefully, these will soon become coastal areas. On
the down side London will vanish; on the plus side so will
DC. |
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We could take all of Baffin Island, and pile it up in the
middle of Canada somewhere. Nobody uses it
anyway. More available volume. |
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Would it not make more sense to dredge the sea bottom,
harvest the valuable things like shipwrecks, clams and
manganese nodules, and then dump the residue on the land? |
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//We could take all of Baffin Island, and pile it up in the middle of Canada somewhere. Nobody uses it anyway. More available volume// |
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We're in the middle of a (minor, but lengthy and gusty) blizzard today, that's had me outside in parka and goggles for two hours so far wielding a variety of snow shovels, during which the downfall changed from snow to ice. There's enough since accumulated to take another pass at it, and later on it's expected to change to freezing rain. All in all it's not that bad, but I seem to be out of rum, which is. |
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So, guess how many fingers I'm holding up. :D |
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Anyways, Denmark accidentally invaded Baffin Island in the early '60s, so it's theirs now ; don't let them try to tell you different. |
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Let's play a game of Find The Baker.
Get your world maps ready.
[FlyingToaster], are you somewhere in southern Ontari-ari-oh-oh-oh? Can you see the Blue Mountains, or are you closer to Scarborough Bluffs? |
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//are you closer to Scarborough Bluffs// parsley, sage,
rosemary and thyme. |
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// any water cycle nonsense // |
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Mythbusters did that one .... |
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// On the down side London will vanish; // |
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Can you explain why that should be considered a "downside" ? |
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// pile it up in the middle of Canada somewhere. Nobody uses it anyway. // |
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That's a good idea. There are vast areas of Canada that are utterly devoid of anything useful. Montreal springs to mind ... |
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// Denmark accidentally invaded Baffin Island in the early '60s, so it's theirs now // |
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They must have seriously over-indulged the night before. More deserving of pity than condemnation // |
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// How long are you supposed to cook manganese noodles for? // |
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[MaxwellBuchanan], no, no, that's Scarborough FAIRE.
Scarborough BLUFFS is "granite, schist, basaltics and shale". |
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That's annoyingly accurate [Sgt] :) I'm about a 15min drive from one, and the other's my summer daytrip default. |
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What gave it away ? Bear in mind that any reference to "Mayor Mel" will cause me to rifle through your old posts to track your hoser arse down. |
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//Ontari-ari-oh-oh-oh// too many oh's not enough ari's. |
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WingèdToaster, see response link. |
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//There are vast areas of Canada that are utterly devoid of
anything useful.// You're only saying that because Canada
has classified you as an invasive species. |
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//WingèdToaster, see response link.// Winged and Whinging : day after tomorrow it'll melt and it's back to "Too warm to ski; too cold to sunbathe" and I'm back to complaining about the lack of winter. |
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//You're only saying that because Canada has classified you as an invasive species.// Yeah, but he filled the form out as "hegemonizing collective..." and ran away with our butterfly nets while we were consulting a dictionary. |
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//don't even think about// |
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Trying ... not ... to ... |
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Damn, I thought about the water cycle. |
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You can blame Karl Marx for that. |
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