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I say, nuke that iceberg! It will melt like a marshmallow :-)
by banana 17y ago
I say, nuke that iceberg! It will melt like a marshmallow :-)
- raganwald 17y agoSome people, when confronted with a problem, think "I know, I'll use nuclear bombs." Now they have two problems.
- theycallmemorty 17y agoI'll admit that the first thought I had was "Why not drop some bombs on it?" Maybe not nukes, but it doesn't seem like such a terrible idea if the giant sheet of ice is going to be so disruptive.
- Semiapies 17y agoMaybe drop some kind of very low-albedo, non-toxic powder on the top (or as much of it as can covered) to encourage faster melting. The fresh water will still cause disruptions to currents, though presumably not as much as a solid mass...
- dkarl 17y agovery low-albedo, non-toxic powder Like dirt?
- Semiapies 17y agoCould be. Sand might not be dark enough, and that'd be a lot of humus to gather, but another sort might work...
- rudyfink 17y agoMy recollection is that the Coast Guard tried quite a few different methods (paint, directed charges, etc) to break up small ice bergs before they entered the shipping lanes in the late 50's early 60's. The ice bergs proved to be exceedingly hardy. Efforts to dissipate them were abandoned in favor of simply detecting them and avoiding them.
- Semiapies 17y agoFair enough, but I'm thinking mainly in terms of making it melt faster than it otherwise would, not keeping it out of shipping lanes. As someone else on the thread said, this thing goes where it wants to go. :) EDIT: Especially as this thing has a lot more exposed surface area relative to its mass than your average small 'berg.
- fleitz 17y agos/nuclear bombs/a regex/