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I've read speculation that the warm ocean temperatures are due to ships at sea stopping use of high sulfur fuel recently, so perhaps releasing some sulfur (or o
by rapjr9 3y ago
I've read speculation that the warm ocean temperatures are due to ships at sea stopping use of high sulfur fuel recently, so perhaps releasing some sulfur (or other reflector of IR radiation) at a fairly large scale ahead of a hurricanes path might deprive it of some energy from the Sun and reduce it's intensity? Might need to be done a month in advance though and since hurricane paths are not predictable that far ahead maybe the coverage area would need to be too big for too long to be practical. There's been talk of building ships that spray ocean water into the air to reflect heat back to space as a way to cool the planet, so perhaps that would be an approach to cooling the ocean along the most likely hurricane paths into Florida and the Gulf coast and Eastern seaboard. If it worked there it could be expanded to other places.
- danwills 3y agoAn interesting idea for sure! Overall climate is certainly a factor but I guess I was thinking of something more localised that somehow actively (or at least strongly) disrupts the self-sustaining spinning of the vortex. Seems a bit sci-fi at this scale maybe? But humans are understanding fluid dynamics ever more.. and I wouldn't be surprised if vortices turn out to have some currently-hidden vulnerabilities.