I think there are hurdles:
1) legal issue of spilling oil to sea water (governments would have to be persuaded to allow this). 2) how to control that oil does not come to contaminate swimming beaches in the Caribbean where tourists go 3) how to prevent birds and fish food chains from becoming contaminated 4) how to prevent the plastic islands just like in the Pacific Ocean from forming, plastic chips would be eaten by fish and birds 5) food materials (biodegradable) would quickly find a better place where to go, if you have ever been fishing anywhere 6) deposition of plastic chips on the beaches, would this be acceptable? Evaporation of oil is much slower than that of water, but it can also lead to anoxic conditions preventing oxygen mixing water. Big oil disasters in the Mexican Gulf (leaking oil wells) and Saddam Husseins fill up of the Persian Gulf did not bring any benefits, these pointing that there might not be much to gain, but much more to loose. My comments are critical, but I would like to hear if someone has positive ideas, as I may be overly negative on this idea. Kind regards, Veli Albert Kallio Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2009 00:50:15 +0100 Subject: [geo] Home experiment From: [email protected] To: [email protected] I tested my theory that breakfast cereals could disrupt hurricanes with a very small experiment. I got some Kellog's Special K and floated it in briny water for 36 hours. I tried two versions: soaked in olive oil, and dry. Both samples remained afloat, just under the surface of the water, at the end of the experiment. I suggest that this will make a significant difference to heat transfer into the hurricane, by a variety of mechanisms: 1) Increasing albedo (Special K is pale yellow) which will reduce solar heating of the sea 2) Impeding circulation on small scales near the surface, reducing evaporation 3) Oil-mixed cereal may reduce evaporation directly, by reducing the wet surface area 4) A continuous oil layer will reduce wave disturbance, thus reducing effective surface area. I think this idea is worthy of some further consideration. I really hope someone can comment on the idea. It seems pretty cheap and environmentally benign to me. A _________________________________________________________________ Celebrate a decade of Messenger with free winks, emoticons, display pics, and more. http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/157562755/direct/01/ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
