2006-12-23 10:50:27 · 12 answers · asked by Dr. Answers 5 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
What for?? there isn't enough room on a sub for any extra
plant life and it wouldn't work due to lack of sunlight.
2006-12-23 11:34:46 · answer #1 · answered by Vagabond5879 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A submarine is a weapon system which happens to include living space for the crew. In some ways, it is similar to a space ship in that it is a closed environment. Another way to look at it is "canned" living. We had a saying, the object is to keep the water in the water tanks and the people in the people tank. By "vegetation" do you mean living plants to remove CO2 and add O2 to the atmosphere? If so, then the answer is simply NO, it isn't physically possible to carry enough living plant matter for the quantities involved, and think about the light source to replace sunlight for photosynthesis. Plants are just too inefficient. I seem to remember reading somwehere about a university somewhere who built a closed ecosystem, basically, they built some very large greenhouses and sealed them up with some plants and animals and then watched what happened and from their results determined what it would take to support people. And I seem to remember it took several acres of plant matter to maintain the atmosphere for a typical family of 4. And this little experiment had the benefit of sunlight, not having to have a light source. Last time I was at sea, I don;t recall seeing sunlight in the boat...
2006-12-23 11:23:41 · answer #2 · answered by rowlfe 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Because seaweed only tastes good fresh? What kind of emergency situation are you referring too? Oxygen replacement? Basic biology would tell you that photosynthesis of CO2 to O2 requires that the plants receive sunlight(or the generation of the same type of light) and even if you wanted to devote all the space that would be necessary for oxygen replacement, how would that solve the problem of a true emergency, which for submariners normally means things like hull breaches and sealed compartments? If the air isn't where you can get to it, or all bubbles to the surface, it doesn't matter what you have with you to start with.
2006-12-23 10:57:19 · answer #3 · answered by Curtis H 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-23 13:49:58 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They carry fresh produce in the freezer but if you want them to carry seeds to restart the world after WW3 well they don't have the space for wishful thinking. As it is they carry most of their food in cans or packaged. This takes far less room and energy to store and prepare.
2006-12-23 12:04:50 · answer #5 · answered by brian L 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
OUR submarines are a dangerous situation....because we live in the most dangerous nation on the planet
2006-12-23 11:57:24 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yeah, stand by torpedo tube 1 & 2 for cabbage and turnip launch.
2006-12-23 10:55:29 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
Huh? To scrub carbon dioxide?
2006-12-23 10:52:53 · answer #8 · answered by Dane 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
You will be dead from lack of oxyzen long before you starve to death.
2006-12-23 10:58:08 · answer #9 · answered by cece 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
No room
2006-12-23 10:55:35 · answer #10 · answered by Ranger473 4 · 4⤊ 0⤋