Saturday, February 14, 2009

To fight trace amounts of natural atmospheric gas, let's deliberately dump tons of ferrous sulphate into the ocean
The experiment, codenamed Lohafex, is continuing aboard a German ship, the Polarstern, until mid-March. The ship mixed 10 tons of ferrous sulphate (FeSO4) with seawater and pumped it out into the South Atlantic.
Climate Observations: What Causes Sea Surface Temperature (SST) To Rise?
The ultimate source of energy necessary to raise SSTs would be an increase in solar irradiance, regardless of whether the increase in solar irradiance resulted from variations in the solar cycle, or from changes in cloud cover, or from a reduction in stratospheric volcanic aerosols.
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There are other natural processes that can raise and lower SSTs, including Thermohaline Circulation/Meridional Overturning Circulation, upwelling, and…ENSO EVENTS
Windpower: Yet Another Texas-sized Problem (Hurricane Risk) — MasterResource
The new problem has surfaced in regard to two projects in Kenedy Country that need coverage from the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association. TWIA does not want to provide this given all the problems it is going through from Ike and may go through again with the next hurricane. The problem: the $3.5 million turbines will partially or completely destruct in a Category 4 or Category 5 hurricane (around 120–130 miles per hour winds and higher).

The annual insurance premium for the coastal wind parks structures is estimated to be between $125,000 and $350,000 per turbine, the article goes on to state.

Yet another reason why windpower is unsuited for the modern energy economy…. it is dispersed and fragile.

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