Thanks, 

The technology was also explained in a previous post [1]
and will be more effective in moving water, since most times, flooded
areas have no 'empty spaces' to pump water to.

The technology has some
potential, and could be developed using 

On 2013-07-18 09:20,
[email protected] wrote:
> Stephen:
> 
> Very sorry to hear of
the serious flooding in Freetown. But this
> list is not the correct one
to look to for support. I would suggest
> that using electricity to turn
water to steam would be a good more
> expensive than a wood-fired
system. Some electricity would of course
> be needed for pumping - and
one would hope that most of the water
> could be moved by pumping, not
through steam generation.
> 
> Ron
> 
> -------------------------
>
FROM: "Stephen" <[email protected]>
> TO:
[email protected]
> SENT: Thursday, July 18, 2013 7:31:17
AM
> SUBJECT: [geo] Global Warming: Geoengineering Trucks and Climate
>
Change Adaptation
> 
>
http://www.sierraexpressmedia.com/archives/59059
> 
> Flood makes
headlines - many times - every year for havoc it brings to 
>
individuals, communities, cities and nations. It affects developed and

> developing countries. It results, at varying magnitude, from natural
and 
> human activities. Floods can be harsh with impact lasting for
several 
> months. Control and management methods increasingly used,
most times, 
> fall short of preventing damage.
> 
> In recent months,
climate change has been cited as responsible massive 
> flooding
experienced around the world. Climate change also, is ascribed 
> to
other anomaly in weather condition noticed around. Global warming, 
>
for which reason we have climate change, is internationally debated for

> agreement concerning control.
> 
> Flooding is severe for developing
countries - where erosion ravages 
> too. In sub-Saharan Africa and
South-East Asia, there is crisis with 
> these situations and recovery -
most times - is minute, or never. There 
> is a solution; a truck, about
the size of the regular gas truck, having 
> a system of electric steam
boiler rather than the tank, to steam away 
> floods, or erosion.
> 
>
This is a fresh concept, with power to cut water amounts from any site

> within minutes. An electric steam boiler system will be attached to a

> truck. It will have an inlet, and outlet. The inlet will draw in
water, 
> into a distillation chamber of low pressure and
mid-temperature.
> 
> Processed water after this stage would go into the
immersion heating 
> element chamber, to be transformed to steam, then
to the outlet, into 
> the atmosphere. The system will steam up to 20
liters of water - per 
> minute - for a session of three hours, with
efficiency of more than 90%.
> 
> Three to five trucks can be used at
the same time, to hasten the 
> objective and reduce damage. The
electric steam boiler system will be 
> powered by the new rechargeable
systems used in electric cars, and will 
> work independently of the
vehicle engine. In future the electric system 
> may power the vehicle
and the boiler, but for more uptime and 
> efficiency, all the available
energy will go towards delivering steam.
> 
> Design of the truck, its
features and impact on meteorology is a 
> research report away. Details
in the report will visit components, 
> arrangement, scale, usability,
control, environmental impacts and 
> advantages. The trucks will be
preferably used in daylight, when steam 
> can easily mix with air, and
not 'immediately' affect 'humidity' or 
> alter the weather.
> 
>
Setting up the technology is not going to be rocket science, but work 
>
to be done, will lie mostly on its impact on the meteorology. This 
>
aspect makes the technology similar to Geoengineering. Geoengineering 
>
(or climate engineering) is the deliberate and large-scale intervention

> in the Earth's climatic system with the aim of reducing global
warming.
> 
> Geoengineering targets the root causes of global warming,
but the truck 
> targets results of climate change. Geoengineering can
be categorized 
> with mitigation of global warming-causing factors, but
the truck 
> technology aligns with climate change adaptation.
> 
> With
some of the similarities and differences, the trucks can be called 
>
Geoengineering trucks, since it alters environment conditions, to foster

> normalcy. Geoengineering trucks hold enormous potential, they will be

> useful all over the world, and will benefit remote, urban and rural

> areas.
> 
> For Africa and South-East Asia, hope will rise for
safety; for 
> developed economies, focus will shift to this new area of
flood control. 
> There will be less risk, for people and properties,
and this response, 
> will add to emergency plan - everywhere. Trucks
should go at wholesale, 
> to counties, associations, groups, states,
ministries, nations, 
> organizations, foundations and corporations.
Price will eventually be 
> determined, but in the range of $20,000 -
$30,000.
> 
> This means much for insurance firms, for the academe and
those who have 
> lost precious ones from floods and erosion. This
technology can be ready 
> by year-end, and should ship in 2014.
> 
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