Would it be possible to help slow down the effects of global warming by creating about 50-100 giant ice cube makers in the artic area. It would be like an ice machine found in fast food places, where it makes the ice on its own and drops into a huge bucket, except it would fall back into the ocean. Using solar panels and the water from the ocean, ppl could come to do maintenance on once a month, or monitor them from far. Huge corporations like Coke, McDonalds, etc, and factories that make lots of pollution and have fines to pay or what ever penalties they get could go towards the cost of building and maintaining and ice machine. This would not only help the polar bears and other wild life, but it would it would create jobs and it would probably be tax deducible not to mention good publicity for who ever participated in this.
So if someone out there has power and influence or knows of a way to make this a reality, please let me know, but if you just want the points and don’t really care take your points and move on.
2007-01-22 13:44:21 · 3 answers · asked by Dawn C 5 in Environment
interesting idea. but an ice maker requires energy, and the source of this energy will determine the effect the plan would have on global warming. if the source is non renewable and creates greenhouse gas emissions, it's not helping. if the energy source is renewable and does not create greenhouse gas emissions, it may have a tiny impact on the increase in global greenhouse effect.
2007-01-22 14:15:58 · answer #1 · answered by mornington observer 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My dear friend, first of all let me congratulate you on your concern about global warming, most people do not even give it a thought. I think that these companies that you mention are the cause for pollution and global warming, but don't count on any of them to volunteer any of their assets to help with this problem , or any other problem for that matter. Some of them take jabs at some issues, they are mostly band aids. Also, even if this was to be done, the energy to do this would be outrageously costly and the product of such a project would be negligible, since this is such a vast area. The project to have to be mind boggling is scope, and again, no one would want to assume the responsibilities. There are, however, many ways in which companies and governments can control global warming, but they have been too lax ed in taking action........KECK
2007-01-22 14:02:52 · answer #2 · answered by Tneciter 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hey bogart, pass that doobie over here
2007-01-26 10:14:23 · answer #3 · answered by melvin snively 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋