I know Stephen, and I fully support your proposals. But additionally, as long as there are no spray vessels on the sea in action, why not use surplus energy generated by wind turbines, to make the wind turbines spray water over the sea, by making the turbines turn in reverse, so to say? If the turbines aren't used for anything at night, when there's no demand on the grid for electricity, why not use the turbines in such a way, in order to spray seawater into the sky?
Cheers! Sam Carana On Sat, Jan 24, 2009 at 9:19 PM, Stephen Salter <[email protected]> wrote: > Sam Carana > > The power rating of a spray vessel is only 100 kW. They have to operate in > mid ocean and migrate with the seasons so they have to generate their own > energy as they move through the water rather than rely on supplies from wind > turbines. > > Stephen Salter > > Emeritus Professor of Engineering Design > School of Engineering and Electronics > University of Edinburgh > Mayfield Road > Edinburgh EH9 3JL > Scotland > tel +44 131 650 5704 > fax +44 131 650 5702 > Mobile 07795 203 195 > [email protected] > http://www.see.ed.ac.uk/~shs > > > Sam Carana wrote: >> >> Good point, John, the risk of a runaway greenhouse effect is such that >> we need to prepare to use everything we've got to counter this. >> >> For starters, we should use techniques that are safe, such as where >> suitable selecting vegetation, roofs and pavement that are as white >> and reflective as possible. Pyrolysis of organic waste and biochar >> burial should definitely be adopted. We should switch to clean and >> safe ways to produce energy, concrete, etc. >> >> The more wind turbines, the more surplus energy, which can be used to >> make hydrogen, for air capture of CO2 and to power spraying seawater >> into the sky to change albedo above the sea. >> >> So, not only do all these technologies add up, they go hand in hand. >> One hand washes the other! >> >> Cheers! >> Sam Carana >> >> > > -- > > > > > The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in > Scotland, with registration number SC005336. > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "geoengineering" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/geoengineering?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
