The mice all agreed, that hanging a bell about the neck of the cat, to warn all of the approach of the cat, was a good idea. Only problem, who was going to hang the bell about the neck of the cat?
Understatement of the year.
That was my first reaction on reading the headline: come on, this isn’t the first time this sort of thing has been tried. This time it’s an armada of robot fire boats shooting salt water into the atmosphere. The robot fire boat companies will clean up on the taxpayer’s dime. I’m buying stock.
“Both Sides Now”
Judy Collins 1968
Bows and flows of angel hair
And ice cream castles in the air
And feathered canyons everywhere
I’ve looked at clouds that way
But now they only block the sun
They rain and snow on everyone
So many things I would have done
But clouds got in my way
I’ve looked at clouds from both sides now
From up and down and still somehow
It’s cloud’s illusions I recall
I really don’t know clouds at all
Moons and Junes and Ferris wheels
The dizzy dancing way you feel
When every fairy tale comes real
I’ve looked at love that way
But now it’s just another show
You leave ‘em laughing when you go
And if you care don’t let them know
Don’t give yourself away
I’ve looked at love from both sides now
From win and lose and still somehow
It’s love’s illusions I recall
I really don’t know love at all
Tears and fears and feeling proud
To say “I love you” right out loud
Dreams and schemes and circus crowds
I’ve looked at life that way
But now old friends are acting strange
They shake their heads, they say I’ve changed
Well something’s lost but something’s gained
In living every day
I’ve looked at life from both sides now
From win and lose and still somehow
It’s life’s illusions I recall
I really don’t know life at all
ROTFL. I got an email from a woman who is a total tin-foil hat about everything and the link included
““Weather wars” theorists claim Hurricane Harvey was engineered, “steered” toward Houston as a “weather terrorism” weapon”
enjoy!
Has anyone checked to see if these studies are plagiarized? How many studies can there be that "concluded that large, damaging hurricanes will happen with greater frequency as global temperature climb."? They have created their own empirical evidence that disproves their findings, REPEATEDLY. According to their own data, over the past 30 years, the number and intensity of hurricanes have decreased AND the global temperatures have climbed.
Now, what was this article about?
3 big barriers. They should include science as one of the big barriers. It seems to be the root cause of the other two "big barriers."
...last week in the National Academy of Sciences concluded that large, damaging hurricanes will happen with greater frequency as global temperatures climb.
Unmitigated Bullshit!!
It will never even be tried because of the liability issues.
Let’s say they were to try it on Hurricane Irma now entering the Gulf. The hurricane subsequently hits the Texas coast causing billions in damage. Everyone involved will be sued into bankruptcy.
Did it reduce, increase or have utterly no effect whatsoever on the strength of the storm? Did it cause the storm to change direction and hit someone that would not have otherwise been hit (at the same time saving someone that would have otherwise been hit)? There is no way to know for sure, so I can guarantee that swarms of plaintiffs’ lawyers will say it increased the force of the hurricane and/or caused it to hit people that would not have otherwise been hit.
Or they’ve miscalculated, and will create a MONSTER MEGA HURRICANE.
I’ve always wondered about this idea. What if hurricanes and other weather patterns are a natural release mechanism for energy built up in the atmosphere. To a degree they can be interpreted as such since they are a windflow from high to low pressure and a temperature flow from warm to cold.
If we ‘seed’ to prevent the hurricane formations what happens to all the pent up energy? It isn’t just going to disappear. It’ll move somewhere else or build up until it finally releases in a catastrophic manner.
Oh look we’ve seeded and prevented hurricanes for 5 years aren’t we so smart. Wait, what? It isn’t working this time? It’s building to a Category 10???? There is no category 10....oh you just had to come up with it because we’ve never seen one like this before...Lord help us all....we’ve brought our own destruction....
At least that’s how I envision it....
>>A study published last week in the National Academy of Sciences concluded that large, damaging hurricanes will happen with greater frequency as global temperatures climb.
Except the temperatures didn’t climb, the records were set decades ago (record highs and sustained highs per month).
Storm Oil was used by shipping to calm the seas in the 19th century. A thin film would reduce wind generated water spray, reducing wind speed thus generation of waves. Also an oil film acts as a barrier to evaporation, potentially cutting the energy supply feeding a storm.
http://www.deepseanews.com/2010/06/pouring-oil-on-troubled-waters/
https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn7726-oil-on-troubled-waters-may-stop-hurricanes/
“The Use of Oil to Lessen the Dangerous Effect of Heavy Seas” George L. Dyer—Government Printing Office 1886
https://www.amazon.com/Lessen-Dangerous-Effects-Heavy-Seas/dp/B004UPK100
Everyday humans should not believe these pseudo scientist charlatans that think they can mess with GLOBAL CLIMATE DYNAMICS by human management of hurricanes, and Earth’s natural weather and climate will not have consequences the scientists cannot foresee. They will produce consequences that they cannot foresee.
Cooling off the Gulf Stream sufficiently to “tame” hurricanes in the southeastern US and Caribbean would cause an ice age in the British Isles and Europe.
These people are so smart they’re stupid. Just because you can doesn’t mean you should, and if you do you’d better be very thorough at thinking it through all the way down the line as far as potential consequences. I honestly see very little indication that any of them are thinking past the ends of their noses.