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Billionaire develops mass water-heating system to warm the ocean in his backyard

5 points by maibaum 13y ago

taybin 13y ago
This is one of the most disturbing things I've read today.
onezeno 13y ago
Can't tell if fiction.
jchung 13y ago
Satire
- DanielStraight 13y ago
  If in doubt: https://encrypted.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22derwood%20hodgegrass%22 https://encrypted.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22derwood%20hod...
johndavidback 13y ago
I'm actually a little bit confused by this - is this serious? It all seemed normal (well, normal being relative) until the last bit about ex-drug smugglers and cash-lined suits. Maybe I'm just not rich enough to fall into this kind of R&D mindset where these things even warrant consideration by sane humans.
- maibaum 13y ago
  Yeah I'm realizing now I need to better exercise my logical facilities before submitting an article with such outlandish claims. For my first HN submission ever this is pretty much worst case scenario
- DanBC 13y ago
  It is clearly false. Derwood Hodgegrass is unbelievable for a name even before websearching it.
  - jdludlow 13y ago
    Yes. No one uses the word "egress" unless they're installing basement windows, and I would hope that when I crack the billion mark I don't need two assistants to towel me off when I'm done swimming.
wil421 13y ago
Not sure if this is real but I don't think its good for the ocean. I don't think something the size of an ATM can heat 100 square yards of ocean.
URSpider94 13y ago
its a joke, folks.
pseudometa 13y ago
Billionaire who chooses to stay in the hamptons in the winter and doesn't have an indoor swimming pool. Hahaha
aukaost 13y ago
That made me think of Nauthólsvík in Reykjavík: http://visitreykjavik.is/nautholsvik-geothermal-beach http://visitreykjavik.is/nautholsvik-geothermal-beach
ChuckMcM 13y ago
You can see it is a joke by inspection if the claim is 100 sq yards of ocean raised from 47 degrees to 82 degrees. That is a change of 19.4 degrees C for an area of 83 sq meters. Assuming an average depth of 1m or 83 cubic meters or 83,000,000 cc and that is 4.18 * 19.2 * 83000000 joules. Or 6.7 gigajoules over 7200 seconds (2 hrs) is just about a megawatt of power. It would work if that device on the beach was a compact nuclear explosive :-)

5 points by maibaum 13y ago

taybin 13y ago

This is one of the most disturbing things I've read today.

onezeno 13y ago

Can't tell if fiction.

jchung 13y ago

Satire

DanielStraight 13y ago
If in doubt: https://encrypted.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22derwood%20hodgegrass%22 https://encrypted.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22derwood%20hod...

johndavidback 13y ago

I'm actually a little bit confused by this - is this serious? It all seemed normal (well, normal being relative) until the last bit about ex-drug smugglers and cash-lined suits. Maybe I'm just not rich enough to fall into this kind of R&D mindset where these things even warrant consideration by sane humans.

maibaum 13y ago
Yeah I'm realizing now I need to better exercise my logical facilities before submitting an article with such outlandish claims. For my first HN submission ever this is pretty much worst case scenario
DanBC 13y ago
It is clearly false. Derwood Hodgegrass is unbelievable for a name even before websearching it.
- jdludlow 13y ago
  Yes. No one uses the word "egress" unless they're installing basement windows, and I would hope that when I crack the billion mark I don't need two assistants to towel me off when I'm done swimming.

wil421 13y ago

Not sure if this is real but I don't think its good for the ocean. I don't think something the size of an ATM can heat 100 square yards of ocean.

URSpider94 13y ago

its a joke, folks.

pseudometa 13y ago

Billionaire who chooses to stay in the hamptons in the winter and doesn't have an indoor swimming pool. Hahaha

aukaost 13y ago

That made me think of Nauthólsvík in Reykjavík: http://visitreykjavik.is/nautholsvik-geothermal-beach http://visitreykjavik.is/nautholsvik-geothermal-beach

ChuckMcM 13y ago

You can see it is a joke by inspection if the claim is 100 sq yards of ocean raised from 47 degrees to 82 degrees. That is a change of 19.4 degrees C for an area of 83 sq meters. Assuming an average depth of 1m or 83 cubic meters or 83,000,000 cc and that is 4.18 * 19.2 * 83000000 joules. Or 6.7 gigajoules over 7200 seconds (2 hrs) is just about a megawatt of power. It would work if that device on the beach was a compact nuclear explosive :-)