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

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

[BenLurkin]

An old idea - but maybe for real this time?

[Sacajaweau]

Yeh....but there are some displacement equations...we’ll see

[Sacajaweau]

Blow the damn thing up and drag smaller pieces??

[thoughtomator]

Mr. Brewster could not be reached for comment.

[headstamp 2]

I thought Antarctica was some type of sanctuary?

[Twotone]

Wouldn’t a desalinization plant be quicker & cheaper?

[lurk]

This is cheaper and easier than desalinization? The Israelis are pumping millions of gallons through their Med plants.

[rrrod]

I heard this story 40 yrs ago....bs

[shibumi]

"Wouldn’t a desalinization plant be quicker & cheaper?"

Of course it would.

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

[surroundedbyblue]

Seems like a ton of work and cost compared to desalinating sea water.

[rochester]

Right now, they can have all the water they want from Lake Ontario - free.

[camle]

i wondered how long it would be before someone brought that up...

[Not A Snowbird]

But... the polar bears!

[Maine Mariner]

This idea has been around for 20-30 years. It may not work and as another post indicated, it may be cheaper to build a desalination plant but at least someone is trying to see if it is feasible.

Just like the tanker Manhattan showed in 1969, it was not economical for tankers even with reinforced hulls and ice breaker bows to go through the Northwest Passage to get Alaskan crude oil (so the pipeline was built).

[Kozy]

Bill Nye, the alledged scientist, is working on those equations right now. Maybe they should just build desalinization plants, cheaper and longer lasting, won't just melt away.

[Larry Lucido]

What if it crashes into an ocean liner and sinks?

[Moonman62]

I think John Wayne had a better idea. He kept some ice on his yacht, chopped off of glaciers, for his alcoholic beverages.

[Organic Panic]

But if it melts sea level will rise and flood Dubai. Women, minorities, and Muslims will be hardest hit.

[fella]

They had better get them an UN environmental impact license with AlBore’s seal of approval on it.

Why not just build some super tankers to haul ice.

[Vigilanteman]

I think the whole idea of towing huge icebergs is so they don’t melt before arrival at the destination.