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watertube
counteract global warming and get energy | |
Create a tube leading from one of our oceans into space. Whenever sea levels start to rise we can send some of the water into space just by opening a valve at the bottom of the tube. This is because there is a vacuum above and high pressure below so the water is sucked into space. By putting a turbine
at the top we can even generate electricity.
Pizza Satellite
http://www.halfbake...a/Pizza_20Satellite
One of the HB classics. [Aristotle, Jun 19 2001, last modified Oct 05 2004]
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This idea may conceivably keep sea level constant, but in itself will certainly not counteract other effects of global warming. Sounds like fun, though |
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Robert, do you understand why our atmosphere isn't sucked into the vacuum of space? |
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Nope. Hello: vacuum doesn't suck, air pressure pushes. In the case of water, atmospheric pressure will push it about 34 feet, which is a long long way from "space," wherever that is. Rmutt suggests people ignorant of high-school physics stay away from the technical stuff. |
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RobertKidney! Have a thought for the poor fish ejected into space to freeze and suffocate. Have a thought for the whales falling back to Earth like tremendous blubbery meteors. Think how the little green men on Mars will laugh when they see Earth taking a whiz into space. My God, man, think! |
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You could always harvest the frozen fish in orbit, box them up and send them down to Earth using the Pizza Satellite delivery idea (see link). |
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OK so the physics aren't quite right....
How about we put a tiny bit of antimater at the bottom of the tube just after we let the water in? The energy released should vaporise the water and give it a bit of a boost.(Then when the piza satellite picks up the fish they are already cooked). How about if the tube was pointing at the moon? Its gravity would probabley help. |
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Maybe if we all wish really really hard... |
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I have tried this and it does work. |
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[benfrost] I take it you are refering to a small scale model.... |
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If you do have a supply of carbon nanotubes, anti-matter and pizza satellites I want to know about it... |
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sorry, I re-read the idea - I thought you meant a tube leading from the ocean into space ..! |
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then we just have to harnes the energy from thier laughter and my idea becomes even more effective... |
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Robert, water really *is* your element, isn't it? |
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Just put a filter at the bottom to save the fish if you're that bothered about them! |
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Years ago I read about an in-ocean pipe-siphon system used to generate electricity via a turbine, based on the temperature differential between surface water and deeper water. It was published in an Asimov-edited "science fact" book that listed a variety of alternative energy sources... Can't remember the book title though - any clues? |
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Sorry, won't work. You need to understand why our atmosphere doesn't just fly away and you will understand why. I think that it was in A Brief History of Time that I read why our atmosphere doesn't fly away, but I don't want to bother to look it up because I know it wont work. For energy, look to fusion and He3 on the moon. |
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I don't see how anyone could vote positively. Unless they didn't think a lot about its workings. Plus, it would be too expensive for a flawed plan. But a good idea for limited information. But it won't work. |
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