In reply to James Bowery's message of Mon, 19 Aug 2013 17:17:25 -0500: Hi, [snip] >> >> 2) A vortex over the ocean will probably "decide" to leave the device >> altogether, and go off on it's own, in search of "greener pastures", i.e. >> warmer >> water, since the water available at the base of the device will rapidly >> cool. >> Granted this cold water will sink, drawing in other warmer surface water, >> but >> this circulation process is not likely to be fast enough to prevent the >> vortex >> from simply "uprooting" itself and "taking a hike". Any surface wind that >> may be >> around will hasten this process. >> This is likely to be the primary problem with this concept. >> > >You obviously haven't done, even to a first order of approximation, the >power flow estimates.
True, but that's not going to stop the wind from blowing the vortex sideways off it's base. Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html
