Posted on 10/23/2010 5:17:52 PM PDT by Lrod
I think it would be interesting to model the results of such a process projecting 50,000 long tonnes of ice into a degrading sub-orbit having a re-entry point somewhere over the Western Sahara.
Or, consider a scenario where massive volumes of water were projected to a re-entry point over the origins of the Yellow River to the degree that the additional flow overwhelmed and destroyed downstream infrastructure all the way to the sea.
Talk about eco-nomic warfare...
Right. So then...
“Ring-ding, diddle-iddle-eye-dee-oh, ring-dong, diddly-aye-aay-oh”
Name that tune.
LOL. Hey....I might be able to get some cash for this too.
It’s not a particularly efficient way to irrigate. Its singular advantage is that no area is too remote.
My scenario had the Australian Outback as prime recipient of irrigation deliveries. (One of the positive aspects of locating the launch facility in Antarctica.)
Another reason for choosing Antarctica is that Earth’s daily rotation brings all of the heavens into “target range”. Obviously, only massive over-engineering makes the concept feasible.
It started as a mental exercise: How to kill two birds with one stone, so to speak. I wanted to deliver water to Mars, and the threat of Global Warming seemed to indicate that a way to deal with rising oceans would be welcome.
Just deliver the extra water to Mars, and everyone will be happy, right?
But it takes a lot of energy.
Can't. The vocables are English vocables, not Gaelic. *\;^)
Seriously, they aren't.
For example, here's the first verse of Fliuch an Oidhche (Wet is the Night) with its vocables highlighted (typically the verse is sung by one, and the group sings the vocables -- these are working songs):
'S fliuch an oidhche, u hill o ro,
Nochd's gur fuar i, o hi a bho,
Ma thug Clann Nèill, u hill o ro,
Druim a' chuain orr', boch orinn o.
There are actually Gaelic words in the vocables, but mean nothing in context.
In English, roughly:
Wet is the night – oo heel yo-ro,
Tonight is cold – oh he-e ah voh,
If Clan Neil – oo heel yo-ro,
Are on the ocean – boCH–oh-reen-yo
It'll dip below freezing, but rarely for long. Snow this early is also not unheard-of; we had much worse Thanksgiving Eve 1985.
It is a bit early for us. It is 1F now.
I've gotten soft here in the Puget Sound region. Still need a bit of heat, but don't need A/C.
Going to try to venture into the office tomorrow -- only because I think I can access my work email there with an unapproved machine. The corporation doesn't know where my work laptop is or what's been done to fix it, and it is now 2 weeks to the hour since it crashed.
It looks like I'm going on my next trip (next week) without it, but at least my cellphone should keep me connected to the Internet, FR, and a personal e-mail address substituting for the corporate address.
Pudget Sound region quite a few locals have history there.. Be safe sionnsar. Have Great Thanksgiving!
I went truck sledding on the ice rink that used to be a parking lot. Now I need a drink.
An important principle to remember is that even vehicles with four-wheel drive still have only four-wheel brakes just like everyone else.
Or not. Just like everyone else.
I couldn’t get traction, so I had to stomp the gas on the bare spots, slide out on the ice, stand on the brakes, and skid toward the parking space I wanted.
Did you put out an anchor so that you could stay in the parking spot? A breeze could come up, you know.
Oh, dear. You’re going to be USAA’s absolute favorite!
Ash is lying by the fake fire this morning, but the sun is up and it will be warm later. Rained last night.
“I think, therefor I aim.”
Morning! It is 22 below right now. Yikes! :) Have a swell day!
Brrrrrr!
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