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Third instalment from my ill conceived 'try to inspire people through tedious flowcharts' initiative.
I'm pretty sure this isn't an original idea, I believe the guy who speculated 'Salter ducks' (Professor Salter I assume) also suggested the idea of spray turbines, but I can't find any decent references or engaging articles.
The proposal is a bold one, with prevailing coastal winds, such projects might re-green the Saharan basin, as well as more southerly sites such as Namibia, there would also be scope for employing this along the coast of south america- particularly the against the Atacama.
Also some direct quoting from Sid Meiers Alpha centuri going on.
-as before, models an art can be forwarded for reuse in works of similar educational/inspirational nature.
I'm pretty sure this isn't an original idea, I believe the guy who speculated 'Salter ducks' (Professor Salter I assume) also suggested the idea of spray turbines, but I can't find any decent references or engaging articles.
The proposal is a bold one, with prevailing coastal winds, such projects might re-green the Saharan basin, as well as more southerly sites such as Namibia, there would also be scope for employing this along the coast of south america- particularly the against the Atacama.
Also some direct quoting from Sid Meiers Alpha centuri going on.
-as before, models an art can be forwarded for reuse in works of similar educational/inspirational nature.
Category All / All
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File Size 192.2 kB
If this works as proposed, it would be exactly the same amount of salt and water delivered as pumping seawater inland for irrigation.
I'm seeing the long-term salinization of soil and surface water inland as a major destructive result.
Salted earth won't sustain life.
The inviolable laws of physics will bite you in the ass every time......
I'm seeing the long-term salinization of soil and surface water inland as a major destructive result.
Salted earth won't sustain life.
The inviolable laws of physics will bite you in the ass every time......
well....... the salt water is evaporated- this is what happens at sea anyway- all the process does is increase evaporative area.
If what you said is true then conventional rain would be as salty as the seas too- this is self evidently not the case.
Salt nuclei are in the order of twice as dense as water, so they will precipitate out of the air pretty quick, but the extremely fine ones are the natural agents to cause rain, as they are vanishingly small they do not contribute much to volume of resulting particles. Also- laws of physics, if they are denser they will fall to earth quicker- put they turbines further away and they will not reach land.
A little bit more thinking, and the proposal is actually pretty sound.
If what you said is true then conventional rain would be as salty as the seas too- this is self evidently not the case.
Salt nuclei are in the order of twice as dense as water, so they will precipitate out of the air pretty quick, but the extremely fine ones are the natural agents to cause rain, as they are vanishingly small they do not contribute much to volume of resulting particles. Also- laws of physics, if they are denser they will fall to earth quicker- put they turbines further away and they will not reach land.
A little bit more thinking, and the proposal is actually pretty sound.
I think the concept is pretty sound (I must admit this is not a new idea, I'm sure others have suggested it before me), I do not think that salination will be an issue, rain has been generated from sea water for billions of years as part of the water cycle and our land is still usable- but it is useful that you brought up a potential issue. I hope these points would address your concerns.
The the turbines can be turned on and off, if there is a problem they can be disabled
Salination is easily measured, it can be determined pretty quick if their is that issue (from rainwater)- even at pilot scale (detection is down to p.p.b.)
Worst case the energy can be re-appropriated for desalination
For future work, would you like to recommend any other subjects, perhaps water reclamation, or rain water harvesting as part of desert reversal, or other technologies.
Thank you for your dialogue and discussion.
The the turbines can be turned on and off, if there is a problem they can be disabled
Salination is easily measured, it can be determined pretty quick if their is that issue (from rainwater)- even at pilot scale (detection is down to p.p.b.)
Worst case the energy can be re-appropriated for desalination
For future work, would you like to recommend any other subjects, perhaps water reclamation, or rain water harvesting as part of desert reversal, or other technologies.
Thank you for your dialogue and discussion.
The quotes reminded me of Alpha Centauri even before I read the description and saw they were directly from the game. Nice, I have so much nostalgia for that game. It would have been even cooler with a zebra faction.
The proposal is interesting, and speaking as a non-expert I'd say it sounds plausible enough. There is always some danger in altering the climate, sure, but as mentioned in the quote when the natural baseline climate is no longer an option, the question becomes not 'if' to alter but simply 'how'. And anyway at least spray turbines can't ever be as bad as a thermal borehole xD.
The proposal is interesting, and speaking as a non-expert I'd say it sounds plausible enough. There is always some danger in altering the climate, sure, but as mentioned in the quote when the natural baseline climate is no longer an option, the question becomes not 'if' to alter but simply 'how'. And anyway at least spray turbines can't ever be as bad as a thermal borehole xD.
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