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Waterbasin to the rescue
Am not sure how this plagiarism will be received by you, but I post it anyway because I like it so much and want to share it. | |
The bulk of this idea is not mine. It is by Peter Geerdink, a reader of KIJK popular science magazine.
This world contains 344 million cubic meters of water. 2% of this is frozen. What with the problems with the ozone layer and everything, if this 2% would melt, we the Netherlands and many other countries
with a sea side would have a big problem.
Now a water basin 100 km in diameter and 22 meters deep would hold this 2% (6.8 million cubic meters), thus keeping us all safe from floods. It is suggested to put it in a geologically and politically stable area. (any suggestions?) All countries that have a seaside and would stand to benefit would contribute to the enormous cost of this project.
My addition to this:
Around this basin we build our homes and live the good life. Boating, fishing, swimming, you name it we've got it! Tourism would be a good source of income. In the middle there might be an island.
Could be called: Keepsafe Lake. Or, Sea of Freedom.
Another method of forestalling global warming
http://www.nature.c.../pf/428788b_pf.html
Using iron seeding of the oceans to create plankton blooms. [Adze, Jun 04 2005]
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Isn't this already in place? It seems to me that every artificial lake and reservoir is keeping water out of the ocean. |
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Or were you planning to pump water up out of the ocean to this lake? It would be a lot cheaper to build conduits to some of the places below sea level and flood them. |
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\\Or were you planning to pump water up out of the ocean to this lake? // Yes! |
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An enthusiastic yes for doing a very big job the expensive way. |
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Eyes shut. Think boating. |
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Harness the southern current and wind to mine ice from the Antarctic shelves and pile it in the interior. In a few years, fill the 22 metre deep ring with seawater; freeze and repeat. Someday we could build diving boards over the great subsea trenches. |
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Wasn't that cool, that thing I saw in a popular science magazine? Wouldn't it be neat if we all built houses round it? |
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And so wtcttisiapsmwibniwabhri is born... |
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I think that the problems this would cause economically and ecologically far outweigh its benefits. |
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