Carbon free station in the frozen Antartic

msnbc.com ^ | February 16, 2009

[ReneeLynn]

"Global warming, spurred by greenhouse gas emissions, has prompted governments to look for alternative energy sources. And renewable energies are gaining a foothold in Antarctica, despite problems in designing installations to survive bone-chilling cold and winter darkness."

[ReneeLynn]

The irony here just made me 'have' to post this as my first topic post. This is crazy, big time.

[ReneeLynn]

‘Antarctic’. Sorry. Drat!

[cripplecreek]

Ice Station Zero.

[Travis T. OJustice]

What did you find ironic about it?

[Thebaddog]

How green can that station really be when all supplies are flown in on a turboprop that spews tons of co2 getting there? And how about the human waste? Where's all that poop going?

That's just for a start. We can tie these progressive loons up with their own cord by applying their theories to them. And send Algore there for a green audit, and keep him there.

[Tarpon]

Well yes, except for those twin 20 kw emergency generators. They may be environmental extremists but they aren’t stupid.

[Bulwinkle]

Hmmmm 8 windmills for that one little structure????

take a tour: http://www.antarcticstation.org/flash/virtual/index.html

[steelyourfaith]

Great find !

 

Beam me to Planet Gore !

[ReneeLynn]

Wellll, that they were having such a time installing alternative power generators to curb emissions that are causing warming, because it’s so bloody cold there. Idiots!

Or did I get hold of the wrong word?

[Travis T. OJustice]

I didn’t really read that into it. I’m not saying you’re wrong, however.

[ReneeLynn]

That’s what jumped out at me when I read this thing. ‘Global warming’ and ‘bone-chilling cold’ in the same paragraph.

Where’s the warming? Show me the warming?! :)

[Travis T. OJustice]

I don’t buy the agw crap, but I see nothing wrong with running solar and wind when they are viable. half the time, solar is useless, but wind could do pretty well. And yeah, they’ll have to have a backup hydrocarbon (or mini-nuke) source of energy.

[Captain Rhino]

Well yes, except for those twin 20 kw emergency generators. They may be environmental extremists but they aren’t stupid.

Yeah, I was kinda wondering how all this green technology would work when the wind died down (as it must occasionally) during the long Antarctic winter twilight.