One as large as Australia using deep sea Ocean water to circulate it on the land through pipes
2007-05-18 09:04:18 · 17 answers · asked by lisalau 5 in Environment ➔ Global Warming
What a great idea!! And everyone on the planet, regardless of income, can help pay the electric bill for it.
2007-05-18 12:34:21 · answer #1 · answered by Mike N 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well no, it'd be too expensive. The changes we need to make are only 0.2% of global GDP between now and 2050. Something like that would cost a ton more.
Plus it would heat up the oceans, and heating up the oceans only makes the problems worse. It's like doing that with a bucket, eventually the bucket warms up. Warming the oceans means less oxygen in the water, which means less fish.
If you want a good ocean solution, seems algae are one, they're hoping to use ocean fertilization to get them to bloom and clean the water and air, it's like a giant ocean forest, a really really really giant ocean forest. That's the option I've heard of so far.
2007-05-19 03:28:05 · answer #2 · answered by Luis 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no you can't. air conditioners work by extracting heat from one side of them and moving it to the other side, making heat in the process since it is doing work. So say you have an air conditioner on your window sill, with the window closed, the air conditioner basically moves the heat from your house to outside through a series of pipes and coolants and all of that. That is why when you stand on the other side of an air conditioner they are blowing warm air at you. now if you removed this barrier you would be doing nothing to the temperature since there is no barrier to separate the hot air that you removed from the cold area you are trying to produce. in fact you would be increasing the temperature, because as you tried to separate the cold from the hot you are creating more heat since the air conditioner is on (it does what is called work in physics). this is why keeping the door open on your refrigerator on a hot day actually makes the room hotter once all the temperatures have mixed with one another.
2007-05-18 09:15:51 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes we can - of sorts.
The point Andy makes is a very good one - you can't simply 'get rid' of heat and all that an air conditioner, refridgerator or similar device does is to move heat from one place to another, plus it generates it's own heat in the process.
What we can do is to implement something like an air conditioner - not so much to cool the air but to remove the carbon dioxide from the air that causes it to warm in the first place. This process can be done chemically so requires no energy input, a chemical (sodium hydroxide) reacts with carbon dioxide and sequesteres it from the air - the resulting liquid can, ironically, be used in the oil industry.
These devices can be placed anywhere and each one has the capability of removing 90,000 tons of carnon dioxide a year - about the same that 4,500 American citizens produce.
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PS - Error in original answer stated hydrogen sulphide instead of sodium hydroxide, apologies if caused confusion.
2007-05-18 09:34:14 · answer #4 · answered by Trevor 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
For the sake of discussion, let's say we could. To run any size air conditioner, you need a motor. Motors generate heat in order to run. That's OK for a home air conditioner, because it blows the heat outside of the house. But where are you going to blow off the heat of the size of a motor to do what you are suggesting? You see what I'm saying? You will be generating heat in order to cool the atmosphere...very likely one negating the other. And again, that assuming it can be done in the first place.
2007-05-18 09:30:19 · answer #5 · answered by kathy_is_a_nurse 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The conservative solution to global warming is to lighten regulation of corporations/polluting industries and to rely on science to cure the problem. My issue with this is that these types of solutions often do as much harm (as in side effects of chemical or other solutions) as they do good. Conservation, recycling, and the use of technology to explore alternative energy sources are the way out....not half-baked hi-tech solutions.
2007-05-18 10:05:43 · answer #6 · answered by ralphnyc2133 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We could all turn on our air conditioners and open the windows, I'm not for sure if this would help but Ive always thought about it as a kid.
2007-05-18 10:25:56 · answer #7 · answered by Josh M 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, considering the fact that air conditioners CAUSE global warming, I think not.
2007-05-18 09:08:30 · answer #8 · answered by spaldingpunk 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Still won't solve the problem, what about the electric energy to run it. It's a no win no win situation
2007-05-18 09:23:50 · answer #9 · answered by TINKERBELLE 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No we can't. That would be a ridiculous waste of money, time, and energy, plus it wouldn't help anything, and it just might mess up the earth a little more....silly.
2007-05-18 09:09:33 · answer #10 · answered by Whirled Peas 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋