The question: Ok so theres all this extra water from Global Warming, that will apparantly leave 100 million people in poverty in ten years (refer to movie). How about if they built a massive spaceship, and sent it all up into space, leaving it in a blackhole somewhere? Wouldn't the sun ansorb all of it anyway? There problem solved! This could also be a solution for polluction and rubbish dumps.
My responce: No I'm not trying to be dumb. But think of the possibilites this would allow! I definately think we should try and fix this problem, before refering to this.
2006-09-25 02:50:10 · 7 answers · asked by Steph :-) 3 in Environment
even though your idea may not work as you wish... I think your doing something better than all those scientists and politicians who do NOT care about the problem.... What you just did is what we all should be doing..... looking for solutions....
What I have always think is that if mankind is so productive creating massive destruction weapons..... why not turn it around and start creating something that can fix humanity problems such as Global Warming, as you said. There is no dumb idea when the goal is to create something that can help us all. That's been the way all inventions have been created!!!! ..starting with a simple idea!!!!
So.... I agree with you... we should do something!!!!!!
2006-09-25 03:10:38 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, the sun could easily absorb the entire Earth without hardly a burp, so the polar ice caps would cause no problems in the sun.
The big problem is raising the water into space, which is a very expensive and dangerous proposition. It would take thousands of launches to make even the slightest difference, and each launch will use precious resources, cause a little pollution and cost hundreds of millions of dollars. If a launch failed (and many will), there is the chance that a 50-ton spacecraft could come crashing down in a city somewhere.
No, sending our waste into space is not a good idea. It is just too expensive and dangerous.
2006-09-25 09:56:29 · answer #2 · answered by pvreditor 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Although a fundamentally good idea, the amount of extra water will far exceed our capacity to dispose of. A spaceship, no matter how massive, would not hold even 1/1000 of the extra water and considering the density of water itself I'm not sure we could create a vessel with enough propulsion to liftoff if filled with water.
However I must commend you on the fact that you are thinking about the issue and how to solve it.
2006-09-25 09:56:30 · answer #3 · answered by cdlbhd321 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It can happen if all nations to solve this problem(because it being a global issue)combine their resources to do the task. It would be more better to prevent the natural disaster or calamity by keeping watch on the pollution as the plan can cost million and even billions of dolars.
2006-09-25 10:59:31 · answer #4 · answered by unknown 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You are over estimating the capability of our technology. We could never build a big enough space ship to take so much water off of the Earth. Not even close. It would be like me asking you to save up a billion dollars out of your yearly income. You can't just guess how much water it is and how big a space ship would be needed because the numebrs are too large; you need to do the math!
2006-09-25 10:33:01 · answer #5 · answered by campbelp2002 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It consumes a hell of a lot of energy to send our rubbish into space. I've been asking myself why we don't do this with our radioactive material, but the answer to that would probably be that the risks are too great when things go wrong (massive radioactive pollution high in the atmosphere and/or the oceans).
2006-09-25 10:04:28 · answer #6 · answered by Caveman 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yeah...but how are you going to build a spaceship large enough to hold that much water and still fly?
2006-09-25 09:57:49 · answer #7 · answered by flpdog3 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋