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(The "induce" definition as in to cause or influence an effect.) All of those things may be true, but I disagree that it's not worth figuring out. I mean, if w
by ibejoeb 3y ago
(The "induce" definition as in to cause or influence an effect.)
All of those things may be true, but I disagree that it's not worth figuring out. I mean, if we're greenwashing everything--I just bought carbon-neutral coffee tf is that--we might as well do the math here.
This is just like how we raced to ping whales to death. Like, let's game out one move ahead.
- Omin 3y agoThere are some related studies on the effect of wind turbines on storms and how wind turbines could protect against hurricanes by sapping a portion of their energy. While the answer is that they could, the amount of turbines required for that is enormous. This one for example mentions in the abstract that by using an amount of turbines collectively making up 300 GW of capacity, it could severely reduce wind speeds of a hurricane: https://www.nature.com/articles/nclimate2120 https://www.nature.com/articles/nclimate2120 300 GW is 2/3 of the power consumption of the entire US and you would need all of those in a small-ish area just to dampen, not fully absorb, a catastrophic storm's energy. Even after those wind speed reductions, there is very strong wind. If you scatter those turbines in a larger area, you can imagine that the effect will be much more diluted. There is so much energy in the atmosphere that we won't put much of a dent in it with our current energy consumption.
- ibejoeb 3y agoInteresting idea to use the energy absorption to mitigate storm damage.