Andrew, "Bright Water" is not a new concept. It was proposed as a means to reduce hull drag some time ago. Funding is the issue!!!! On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 5:28 PM, Andrew Lockley <andrew.lock...@gmail.com>wrote:
> Hi > > It seems to me that Brightwater is suitable for 'homebrew' testing, and > indeed would greatly benefit from this work. Water bodies are very variable > by salinity, choppiness, cloudiness, temperature, etc. > > Is it possible to create a set of standard tests which can be conducted by > people to test BW in their local area? A bucket filled with seawater in > California may behave very differently to a bucket of seawater in Scotland. > > I would imagine that it would be possible to test the idea using a 2 gallon > bucket, a bicycle or car tyre pump, clock, standard diffuser nozzle and a > ruler with a coin taped to it (for checking cloudiness). A colour- > comparison chart may also be useful. Sure, these would be very basic > results, but they would be very helpful if (for example) we discovered that > water near river mouths was better than water from open ocean shorelines. > I'm guessing that all the equipment that wasn't available in an average > home would be able to be bought and posted for likely a lot less than 50 > dollars. > > I may be offending the sensibilities of those with big labs and high > standards, but my guess is we could quickly gain some very useful data on > this with the participation of some people on this list, and maybe beyond. > Who knows, maybe this could become a very popular experiment in schools and > colleges? > > A > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "geoengineering" group. > To post to this group, send email to geoengineering@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > geoengineering+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/geoengineering?hl=en. > -- *Michael Hayes* *360-708-4976* http://www.wix.com/voglerlake/vogler-lake-web-site -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "geoengineering" group. To post to this group, send email to geoengineering@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to geoengineering+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/geoengineering?hl=en.
