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The energy requirements to influence a hurricane are on the order of the entire output of the US power grid... At a minimum.
by api 9y ago
The energy requirements to influence a hurricane are on the order of the entire output of the US power grid... At a minimum.
- kodfodrasz 9y agoAnd even given the power and technology, what would be the effect on global weather?
- seanmcdirmid 9y agoWe could easily do it with a dyson sphere then. Seriously, we still pale in comparison to the energy nature can leverage.
- donjoe 9y agoWhy not just harvest a hurricane's energy to weaken it?
- SAI_Peregrinus 9y agoThe small ones output on the order of magnitude of the annual power consumption of the US in a matter of days. Where would you store the energy? How? Even if you could get wind turbines that could survive it...
- donjoe 9y agoJust been an overall question. There might be a solution no one ever thought about. Why wind turbines? Kites could work as well. There might be a better product not yet invented to solve the problem. It might be even better to start at an earlier point by extracting heat from the oceans to lower temperature and therefore avoid the formation of tropical storms at all. Just some brainstorming ideas :)