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Los Angeles dumps 20K ‘shade balls’ into reservoir to stop evaporation
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| 11 Aug, 2015 21:58
Posted on 08/12/2015 2:27:10 PM PDT by Minutemen
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To: Minutemen
“The name of the reservoir should be Van Norman reservoir.”
Yes, nothing is normal in LA.
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posted on
08/12/2015 4:10:36 PM PDT
by
beelzepug
(liberalism is not...a political philosophy. It is a stage of arrested emotional development.)
To: Mrs. Don-o
Remember when they raised that sunken ship from the Suez Canal by pumping the holds full of ping-pong balls?
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posted on
08/12/2015 4:13:49 PM PDT
by
beelzepug
(liberalism is not...a political philosophy. It is a stage of arrested emotional development.)
To: Pelham
Yes they will, but they will also increase the surface area of the water by capillary attraction and the meniscus at and around every ball. The black color will cause greater heating and surface evaporation of what is now a greater surface area.
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posted on
08/12/2015 4:23:37 PM PDT
by
5th MEB
(Progressives in the open; --- FIRE FOR EFFECT!!)
To: Pelham
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posted on
08/12/2015 4:26:07 PM PDT
by
5th MEB
(Progressives in the open; --- FIRE FOR EFFECT!!)
To: Minutemen
Although the citys mayor took part in the balls release, it wasnt exactly a spectacular event. In fact, it simply required dumping the spheres out of big sacks and letting them roll down a ramp into the water...
charge 5 cents a ball and let people ( mainly little kids ) roll 'em down the rampcharge 5 cents a ball and let people ( mainly little kids ) roll
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posted on
08/12/2015 4:29:57 PM PDT
by
stylin19a
(obama = Fredo Smart)
To: Pelham
If they cover it completely with these balls there wont be any surface agitation to pull oxygen out of the air.
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posted on
08/12/2015 4:30:17 PM PDT
by
5th MEB
(Progressives in the open; --- FIRE FOR EFFECT!!)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
08/12/2015 4:30:55 PM PDT
by
5th MEB
(Progressives in the open; --- FIRE FOR EFFECT!!)
To: Minutemen
Oh, can’t wit for the unintended consequences of this little escapade
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posted on
08/12/2015 4:41:51 PM PDT
by
KosmicKitty
(Liberals claim to want to hear other views, but then are shocked to discover there are other views)
To: BatGuano
“If California would send the illegals home to Mexico, “
We don’t have the power to do that.
We passed Prop 187 back in 1994 to try to do something to reverse the illegal alien invasion, but we were beaten back by an unholy alliance of Democrats and Mexico-First Republicans- including the then Governor of Texas, GW Bush.
As for the rain cycle, we live in a coastal desert in SoCal. Letting water evaporate won’t benefit us one iota.
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posted on
08/12/2015 4:42:55 PM PDT
by
Pelham
(Deo Vindice)
To: Minutemen
".....20K shade balls...."
Nice headline, but you might wanna check that number again.
To: Red Badger
“The larger added surface area of the balls will make evaporation worse....”
That’s what I said in an earlier thread. Not only does the area increase but the temperature of the black ball’s will be higher than the surface water. But what do I know I’m just an old oil field hand, OK Petroleum Engineer but I’m still old.
To: Pelham
No power and living in a coastal desert? I would move.
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posted on
08/12/2015 4:55:58 PM PDT
by
BatGuano
(You don't think I'd go into combat with loose change in my pocket, do ya?)
To: Red Badger
“The larger added surface area of the balls will make evaporation worse....”
That’s what I said in an earlier thread. Not only does the area increase but the temperature of the black ball’s will be higher than the surface water. But what do I know I’m just an old oil field hand, OK Petroleum Engineer but I’m still old.
To: Sooth2222
...and the birds will probably not be landing / floating / relieving themselves in the water.
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posted on
08/12/2015 4:59:16 PM PDT
by
DennisR
(Look around - God gives countless, indisputable clues that He does, indeed, exist.)
To: Minutemen
UV eats whit plastic in under a year. Carbon black survives.
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posted on
08/12/2015 5:00:46 PM PDT
by
Mycroft Holmes
(The fool is always greater than the proof.)
To: 5th MEB
The balls have been in use since 2008 so there’s been plenty of time to see if those factors are greater than the loss from having the sun directly hit the water surface.
The mass of water acts as a heat sink and the balls won’t heat appreciably.
Capillarity- the balls are made of polyethylene, see below:
“In some liquid-solid systems, e.g., mercury and glass or water and polyethylene plastic, the liquid does not wet the solid, and its surface is depressed where it contacts the solid.”
http://www.infoplease.com/encyclopedia/science/capillarity.html
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posted on
08/12/2015 5:02:16 PM PDT
by
Pelham
(Deo Vindice)
To: BatGuano
I’d move but I have obligations that keep me here.
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posted on
08/12/2015 5:03:13 PM PDT
by
Pelham
(Deo Vindice)
To: Minutemen
That was my first thought after reading the first paragraph.
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posted on
08/12/2015 5:20:59 PM PDT
by
Mariner
(War Criminal #18 - Be The Leaderless Resistance)
To: WayneS
I wonder if this plan was Reggie Loves idea... Black Balls Matter???
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posted on
08/12/2015 5:22:19 PM PDT
by
kjam22
(my music video "If My People" at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74b20RjILy4)
To: beelzepug
No, I don’t actually remember that -— but it sounds, ah, very elevating :o)
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posted on
08/12/2015 6:21:34 PM PDT
by
Mrs. Don-o
("Has he exceeded expectations? " -- "I'd say he's done more than that." --- Yogi Berra)
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