UAE plans to drag an ICEBERG from Antarctica to provide drinking water for millions

Daily Mail ^ | 05/05/2017 | Tim Collins

[lacrew]

I wonder how to spell Snake Oil Salesman in Arabic.

[libh8er]

Crushed ice melts a lot faster than ice cubes.

[Sacajaweau]

When I was a child, the iceman came and put a big chunk in our refrigerator. It lasted a long time.

Seems like a "refrigerator shell" for smaller pieces on a barge/ship/platform might be more viable and a hell of a lot quicker.

[libh8er]

Not alleged scientist, Bill Nye = Fake Scientist.

[BenLurkin]

They write backwards, I think, so it would be “Demahom”

[libh8er]

algor will Photoshop a few polar bears on top of the iceberg as it melts near the UAE and make it the cover photo for his next film.

[matthew fuller]

It will throw the Earth’s rotation out of balance......../s.

[litehaus]

“An old idea from POPULAR MECHANICS or POPULAR SCIENCE from 40 years ago.”

Would that those two mags were what they were 40 yrs ago..Canceled both long ago Too friggin PC,Lib crapola now !

[litehaus]

“It will throw the Earth’s rotation out of balance....../s.”

Sheesh, Does Hank Johson of Georgia know bout this //You know, the ‘GUAM is gonna tip over’ congresscritter....

[boycott]

Wouldn’t a desalinization plant be quicker & cheaper?

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And it would be more globally friendly. Are they not concerned with climate change?

[FreedomPoster]

But if I'm not mistaken, that would put the Arabs in the position of relying on Israeli technology and processes.

There, fixed it, based on a few conversations over the years with people involved in training for operations and maintenance for military hardware for Arab countries.

[mowowie]

I think this was in a episode of the old 70’s TV series Salvage 1...

[stylin19a]

I’m thinking the Somolis will will hijack it.

[I want the USA back]

Ohhhh! The sea level! This will raise it!

But it’s OK. They’re m*slims. They can do anything they want and get away with it.

[MNDude]

Dragging a chunk of ice sounds a lot cheaper to me then setting up a huge desalination plant.

[jonascord]

"“But... the polar bears!” Wrong end."

As if leftists could tell the North Pole from the South on a map. Besides, endangered species protectionism is reserved for cute. Ugly animals, slugs, humans, only get protected if it can hurt Capitalism.

Literalism spoils a lot of humor.

[catnipman]

“I heard this story 40 yrs ago....bs”

you betcha. me too.

problem is that one small enough to drag that far melts before it gets there.

[RayChuang88]

Wouldn’t a better solution be nuclear-powered desalinization plant? Or better yet, one powered by natural gas, which is plentiful in the Middle East?

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Pretty big sail area. Mean oceanic wind speed in about 15 kt (24 MPH).

[lacrew]

Perfect!