Re:Could sonic booms stop hurricanes? (2008)
by NegativeK on Saturday September 15, 2018 @10:29AM
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If a nuclear bomb is a trivial amount of energy compared to a hurricane, I think we can say with confidence that the amount water you're going to have to pump around will be absurd, as will be the environmental impacts.
Re:Could sonic booms stop hurricanes? (2008)
by throwaway5752 on Saturday September 15, 2018 @11:19AM
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And you'd be pumping warm water lower, thereby making the next storm worse.
Re:Could sonic booms stop hurricanes? (2008)
by mrfusion on Saturday September 15, 2018 @01:06PM
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I’d need to see a source on that. I’m not sure how you can assume that.
Re:Could sonic booms stop hurricanes? (2008)
by throwaway5752 on Saturday September 15, 2018 @02:57PM
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I will not provide you with a source, I don't have the time. I consider what I said basic, first-principles stuff. We two layers deep discussing an idea that is not feasible, anyway. Here is a source that the pumps will not work: http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/08/28/hurricanes.gates....
Remember you’d just be moving already cold water which takes orders of magnitude less energy than cooling the water.