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Huge icebergs could be towed from Antarctica to Cape Town to solve South African drought crisis
The Mirror Newspaper ^ | 04-30-2018 | Anna Verdon

Posted on 04/30/2018 4:15:31 PM PDT by Captain Peter Blood

Huge icebergs could be towed from Antarctica to Cape Town in a bid to solve South Africa's worst drought in a century.

Marine salvage experts are floating the plan to tug the icebergs to the region after its seen the worst water shortage in decades.

Salvage master Nick Sloane told Reuters news agency he was looking for government and private investors for a scheme to guide huge chunks of ice across the ocean, chop them into a slurry and melt them down into millions of litres of drinking water.

"We want to show that if there is no other source to solve the water crisis, we have another idea no one else has thought of yet," said Sloane, who led the refloating of the capsized Italian passenger liner Costa Concordia in 2014.

(Excerpt) Read more at mirror.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: antarctica; brewstersmillions; capetown; costaconcordia; drought; humor; icebergs; karma; nicksloane; southafrica; water
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To: Captain Peter Blood

Superman did this too.


41 posted on 04/30/2018 9:01:01 PM PDT by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world.)
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To: Captain Peter Blood

But why would you tow it anywhere?

Just chop it up, load it on a barge, and deliver it to your destination.

That has to be a whole lot easier than trying to guide a massive berg !


42 posted on 04/30/2018 9:16:22 PM PDT by Pikachu_Dad ("the media are selling you a line of soap)
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To: jonascord

But...Apartheid died nearly 30 years ago in South Africa - The current government - put in place by Nelson Mandela OWNS their current problems.


43 posted on 04/30/2018 9:20:01 PM PDT by TheBattman (Democrats-Progressives-Marxists-Socialists - redundant labels.)
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To: EEGator

In this current climate, one has to choose words VERY carefully. You only have to look at Zimbabwe, Nigeria, Malawi, Tanzania, to see the success of post-colonialism in Africa. I’m confident that South Africa will change it’s name and have equal success.


44 posted on 04/30/2018 10:02:10 PM PDT by jonascord (First rule of the Dunning-Kruger Club is that you do not know you are in the Dunning-Kruger club.)
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To: TheBattman
Have you EVER seen or heard of a socialist government, in all of human history, that admits to an error, or is willing to overturn a law or regulation, once it's made??

Which side even talks of reducing federal control?

45 posted on 04/30/2018 10:08:42 PM PDT by jonascord (First rule of the Dunning-Kruger Club is that you do not know you are in the Dunning-Kruger club.)
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To: outofsalt

Two and a half centuries ago a German “ironmaster” dammed streams and swamps along the NY/NJ border so his forges would have water power to operate the hammers even in times of drought; Greenwood Lake is one of the results. THIS WAS BEFORE OUR INDEPENDENCE FROM ENGLAND.


46 posted on 05/01/2018 3:59:09 AM PDT by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: Captain Peter Blood
we have another idea no one else has thought of yet

Wilbur Smith would be amused. Hungry As The Sea

47 posted on 05/01/2018 4:27:44 AM PDT by grobdriver (BUILD KATE'S WALL!)
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To: HoneysuckleTN

I was wondering if anyone else remembered that show!


48 posted on 05/01/2018 4:34:46 AM PDT by Flag_This (Liberals are locusts.)
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To: boatbums

Not a good reason, but you know the reason is that they don’t want to get (or pay for) technology from Israel.


49 posted on 05/01/2018 11:42:23 AM PDT by ConjunctionJunction
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To: Captain Peter Blood

What’s old is new again.

This idea was discussed about 1978 or so.


50 posted on 05/01/2018 11:46:31 AM PDT by Professional Engineer (Looks like I'll have to buy the White Album again.)
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To: Captain Peter Blood

What’s old is new again.

This idea was discussed about 1978 or so.


51 posted on 05/01/2018 11:46:36 AM PDT by Professional Engineer (Looks like I'll have to buy the White Album again.)
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To: Captain Peter Blood

They can tow them using Flying Cars and Winged Unicorns.


52 posted on 05/01/2018 11:52:13 AM PDT by Kickass Conservative ( THEY LIVE, and we're the only ones wearing the Sunglasses.)
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To: ConjunctionJunction
Pretty short-sighted if you ask me. However, Israel isn't the only one that builds such devices.

Hey...I was just thinking about SA's crazy idea about towing a gigantic iceberg from Antarctica. Wouldn't the next thing be the environmentalists having a screaming hissy fit that they would be stealing the penguins' homes???

53 posted on 05/01/2018 12:31:08 PM PDT by boatbums (The Law is a storm which wrecks your hopes of self-salvation, but washes you upon the Rock of Ages.)
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To: boatbums

LOL!

And how much carbon-based fuel (diesel, probably) would they have to use in order to push / pull the icebergs to SA? Carbon is eeeevil, don’t cha know!


54 posted on 05/01/2018 12:40:45 PM PDT by ConjunctionJunction
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To: Captain Peter Blood

Who was Frederic Tudor? His name comes to mind.=


55 posted on 05/01/2018 12:45:37 PM PDT by ThomasThomas (Fools find no pleasure in understanding but delight in airing their own opinions.)
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To: Flag_This

Loved Salvage 1! It was the first thing that popped into my mind when I saw the thread title.


56 posted on 05/02/2018 12:37:26 AM PDT by HoneysuckleTN (Back where the woodbine twineth via Q... || President Trump 2020 KAG! :) MAGA!)
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