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I heard that ozone is evolved when electric motors are spun. I also know that there are unmanned weather planes that can go way up, tens of thousands of feet, running on solar powered electric motors. So I say we take a fleet of these things, a few thousand or so, and have them fly in a big circle
above the Antarctic for about thirty or so years. We'll put a big propeller-stabilized geosynchronous helium balloon in the middle of the circle to serve as a relay between fleet and ground control.
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A bun for anything that may help the condition we're in. |
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I'd like to see a bit of math supporting the feasibility of this idea (i.e. the mass of ozone Antartica has lost verses the output of a high altitude solar powered electric motor). |
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I suggest using a purpose-built electric ozone generator
(which isn't very expensive) and a more efficient brushless
motor (which doesn't generate ozone). That would probably
last longer and produce much more ozone. But that's just a
detail; the idea is good. |
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Nah, fuck it. The ozone layer is all set to recover by
2050. In the meantime, just use crop-dusters to
spray sunblock over polar regions. |
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I like this but it would be better if it were manly.
Electric airplanes have it tough enough without
unmanning them. |
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