> > How cool do you mean by "cool"? It's not exactly boiling, but I > discovered the hard way in the Gulf (swimming at Port > Aransas) that the > way I knew I ought to come out of the water was that I'd be getting > cold, and that little warning system didn't work there. (It works a > *heck* of a lot better in Maine!)
I know about that. I live in Oregon, where you wait until your body goes numb (call it shock, if you want) before you can enjoy the water. All you need is a differental of the heat generated by the arcology and the water in the gulf. I have seen HVAC systems that do this exact thing, with the difference that the water is somewhat chilled before moving back in to the building. The body of water is cooled simply by letting it sit in a big tank outside the building (along with a bit of chilling from refrigerator units). The water coming out is nearly boiling, but it is the most effective way (that I know of)to discharge excessive heat from a building that generates a lot of heat. NFH > > > Tidal and wind forces can generate electricity for the arcology. > > > > Since the gulf is nearly dead anyway, an arcology may not > be so harmful in > > the water, and may actually help restore some wildlife to > the gulf waters. > > What kind of impact is the *building* of the arcology going to have on > the wildlife? I'd worry about that. > > > The arcology could dump its waste iron into the ocean to > promote plankton, > > and assist in the creation of coral reefs. > > Again, what sort of impact will *this* have on the wildlife? > > Julia > >
