2 thoughts on “Rube Goldberg GeoEngineering Aimed at Restoring Arctic Ice”
In the early 80s, was involved with petroleum drilling in the Canadian arctic. From a heated office in Calgary. Corporations would use this method to make a slab of ice, thick and big enough to support a drill rig, and ancillaries, to complete a successful well leaving enough time left to drill a relief well if the was a fuck up. Time was of the essence. Do not know the dimensions. Think area was around 4000 metres square/1 acre. Took a month to create.
1: Already been done, lot of information is available.
2: What a crock of wank! Duh.
3: Considering the amount of resources pissed away worldwide, this at least has a positive aim. Wish them luck with this one in a million chance.
The problem with some kind of automated, wind-powered pump would be freezing in the pipes whenever the wind died. There are over a hundred nuclear submarines, and a dozen nuclear ice-breakers, that could do this at industrial scale, tonnes/second. Still probably just a fart in a gale, but could maybe boost the pack ice round particular points, if required.
In the early 80s, was involved with petroleum drilling in the Canadian arctic. From a heated office in Calgary. Corporations would use this method to make a slab of ice, thick and big enough to support a drill rig, and ancillaries, to complete a successful well leaving enough time left to drill a relief well if the was a fuck up. Time was of the essence. Do not know the dimensions. Think area was around 4000 metres square/1 acre. Took a month to create.
1: Already been done, lot of information is available.
2: What a crock of wank! Duh.
3: Considering the amount of resources pissed away worldwide, this at least has a positive aim. Wish them luck with this one in a million chance.
The problem with some kind of automated, wind-powered pump would be freezing in the pipes whenever the wind died. There are over a hundred nuclear submarines, and a dozen nuclear ice-breakers, that could do this at industrial scale, tonnes/second. Still probably just a fart in a gale, but could maybe boost the pack ice round particular points, if required.