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UAE plans to drag an ICEBERG from Antarctica to provide drinking water for millions
Daily Mail ^
| 05/05/2017
| Tim Collins
Posted on 05/06/2017 6:49:06 AM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin; al baby; Albion Wilde; Allegra; BufordP; EveningStar; Gefn; GunsareOK; JRios1968; ...
Iceberg, you’re a lot of fun!
DANG!
To: BenLurkin
An old idea from POPULAR MECHANICS or POPULAR SCIENCE from 40 years ago.
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posted on
05/06/2017 7:16:45 AM PDT
by
Ruy Dias de Bivar
(That's my story and I'm sticking to it!)
To: Sacajaweau
Hydrostatic stability is definitely a concern. It would be an [interesting development] to have a load like that in tow when it started to roll, actually rotate, and around any axis at any orientation it damned well pleased.
I’m pretty sure they try to make sure it was nice and flat and exhibit the hydrostatic stability of flat plank and not a log or a tennis ball.
To: Ruy Dias de Bivar
Hard to believe this is cheaper & more efficient then a desalinization plant.
Nice stunt though, I guess you have to do these things when your a monarchy.
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posted on
05/06/2017 7:19:27 AM PDT
by
Reily
To: BenLurkin
A great idea! Let them drink water with million year old mucrobes in it.
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posted on
05/06/2017 7:20:36 AM PDT
by
Daniel Ramsey
(Thank YOU President Trump, finally we can do what America does best, to be the best!)
To: BenLurkin
I hope they take pictures. This is going to be cool. Almost like a cartoon. Plus, the enviros will probably have a hissy fit. How do you tie a tow rope to an iceburg?! Such fun.
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posted on
05/06/2017 7:21:11 AM PDT
by
Trumpet 1
(US Constitution is my guide.)
To: BenLurkin
There’ll be three ice cubes left by the time it gets there.
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posted on
05/06/2017 7:21:42 AM PDT
by
beethovenfan
(I always try to maximize my carbon footprint.)
To: thoughtomator
LOL!!!!! You read my mind! Was just thinking of that movie too :-)
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posted on
05/06/2017 7:23:50 AM PDT
by
Ciaphas Cain
(I don't give a damn about your feelings. Try to impress me with your convictions.)
To: beethovenfan
Algore says there’ll only be ice cubes left by the time they start
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posted on
05/06/2017 7:24:10 AM PDT
by
bigbob
(People say believe half of what you see son and none of what you hear - M. Gaye)
To: thoughtomator
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posted on
05/06/2017 7:26:29 AM PDT
by
Ciaphas Cain
(I don't give a damn about your feelings. Try to impress me with your convictions.)
To: SandyInSeattle
“But... the polar bears!”
Wrong end.
To: BenLurkin
and if it tastes terrible
To: SandyInSeattle
But... the polar bears!
Penguins
To: BenLurkin
That’s going to mess with globull warming minds.
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posted on
05/06/2017 7:38:18 AM PDT
by
bgill
(CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
To: Lonesome in Massachussets
Would seem like they would need a barge “wired” on either side...because that ice will NOT melt evenly.
To: Sacajaweau
A lot of things can go wrong in 5,500 miles.
Is Bill Nye providing the engineering calculations?
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posted on
05/06/2017 7:38:39 AM PDT
by
ptsal
( Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please. - M. Twain)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
05/06/2017 7:39:55 AM PDT
by
mountn man
(The Pleasure You Get From Life, Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
To: Lonesome in Massachussets
‘Our simulator predicts that it will take up to one year [to tow an iceberg to UAE].
= = =
That’s pretty slow.
If 5000 miles, it’s about 0.6 MPH for a year.
Ocean current map:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean_current#/media/File:Corrientes-oceanicas.png
Current speeds vary.
Seems like fighting the ocean currents, and the inertia of the big burg would take a lot of towing force.
A whole fleet of those Sheiks’ cigarette boats, I’ll bet.
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posted on
05/06/2017 7:40:32 AM PDT
by
Scrambler Bob
(Brought to you from Turtle Island, otherwise known as 'So-Called North America')
To: Trumpet 1
Like I said....blow it up and put it on a barge
To: Larry Lucido
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posted on
05/06/2017 7:40:59 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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