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Sonic Displacement
Urika! Hey. How come hitting enter twice while in the Summary bar to create a page break posts the idea? | |
So, we create wave powered electrical generators to power undersea sonic emitters.
The sonic emitters are arrayed to create Cymatic patterns from the salt water particulates.
Gold, being one of the heavier suspended particles will, over time, be held in suspension at the standing wave nodes of
the cymatic pattern allowing for extraction of the immense amount of gold in the worlds oceans in a profitable manner.
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This feels like something that could easily be tested small-scale.
To the lab!
Wait... I don't have a lab :(
Also, whales & dolphins etc won't like (even more) noise being pumped into their environment; although you could probably do the sound in a reasonably directional manner to keep it local. |
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You'd almost need to do it in a confined space to ensure the geometry and resonance of the sound waves. |
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You'd create a current to channel vast amounts of salt water through enormous Cymatic filter chambers not harming a single critter riding the current. |
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If you are worried about species displacement then just make each current a loop returning fauna right where they got accidentally drawn into the loop. |
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//power undersea sonic emitters.// |
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Honestly, we already owe the whales an enormous apology regarding hunting them to near extinction, taking all their food and cruising around with ships with noise generators so powerful they prefer to die than continue to share the water. I suspect that apology isn't imminently forthcoming, however. |
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Using sound on an oceanic scale to mine metals for trinkets is much more on-brand for humans. |
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The gold in seawater is dissolved, not suspended. |
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'Sonic displacement' sounds like some old-timey mental condition |
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