True, however, in terms of weather patterns, a small temperature over a large area has more effect than large but concentrated. see el nino.
On 4/2/07, Jed Rothwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
leaking pen wrote: >Also, large ponds that are heated... that waste heat goes straight >up, and will change weather patterns. Well, we are only talking about doing this with waste heat from generators, and that already goes straight up. It is mostly released in the form of steam from the large conical cooling towers that many people mistakenly believe are nuclear reactors. (By the way, this steam kills millions of birds, many more than wind turbines do.) Still, this is a point well taken, and it might be a good idea to reduce evaporation from ponds, especially in arid places. In the photos of algae production in power plants that I saw recently, the algae was grown in large plastic bags exposed to sunlight. This would prevent evaporation. I cannot find those photos, but they are out there . . . somewhere. - Jed
-- That which yields isn't always weak.
