Balloonosphere: In the SPICE experiment (stratospheric particle injection for climate engineering), this balloon will hold a rubber hose one kilometer high.
This has to be a joke. If it isn't, it's really sad......
Posted on 09/17/2011 7:30:16 AM PDT by Red Badger
Balloonosphere: In the SPICE experiment (stratospheric particle injection for climate engineering), this balloon will hold a rubber hose one kilometer high.
This has to be a joke. If it isn't, it's really sad......
Pimg!........
—yep—should be in the “you can’t make this stuff up” file-—
Over-educated idiots, lacking common sense. It is really sad,,,,,,,,,,,
The weight of the pipe, even lightweight plastic, must be taken into account, as well as the tremendous friction with the walls of the pipe compared to the very small volume cross section of the pipe.
The pressures needed at the bottom of the pipe would be so huge that it would burst any pipe light enough to be lifted aloft, or the pipe would be so heavy to withstand the pressure that it couldn't be lifted.
Another perfect plan on paper.
“Over-educated idiots, lacking common sense. It is really sad,,,,,,,,,,,”
How true. My father used to say that “They keep learning more and more about everything until they know everything about nothing”
They are also designing new aircraft and side arms!!!
Given the size of the pump needed, I’m thinking that they’ll get more particles in the atmosphere from the coal fired generating plan needed to power the pump than they will from the water.
20 km is approximately 65,000 feet. Three times worse than I originally thought...
As always he is getting his supplies from the Acme Co.
Even if we could do it, should we? I prefer to keep my lungs sulfide-free, thank you.
Ummm.....don’t you get sulfur dioxide by burning oil and coal? Drive your car and save the world! I love it!
We used to get it from diesel engines............
Maybe they’re gonna pump up one molecule at a time...........
First, they can’t.
Second, they won’t.
You’re safe...........for now...........
From the article:Wow, I thought the Brits were on an austerity program. This seems pretty frivolous, and probably very, very expensve.
British researchers supported by the U.K. government will attempt to pump water a kilometer into the air using little more than a helium balloon and a rubber hose.
Reading the article, this is even scarier than I first thought.
After testing with water, these clowns plan to pump massive amounts of sulfur dioxide into the stratosphere. Isn't that the chemical in industrial smoke/exhaust that causes acid rain? So, to cool the planet, they plan on seeding acid rain clouds from the top. Brilliant!
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20 k elevation would be 28,000 psi of static pressure.
Need a bit of safety margin and some odds and ends.
The lower section will be somewhat hefty.
The upper will have to support all the weight.
Methinks they will need a bigger blimp.
Ah , make your own acid rain ? This stuff will just freeze
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