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[-] buckykat@lemmy.fmhy.ml 26 points 1 year ago

that seems thermodynamically dubious

[-] synthllama 8 points 1 year ago

To be fair, I think the idea would be to change the albedo of Earth so that more sunlight is reflected back into space. But it would need to reflect more light/heat than it produces in waste heat for the refrigeration, who wants to do the math?

[-] buckykat@lemmy.fmhy.ml 11 points 1 year ago

Not just the waste heat from the refrigeration, but also the warming from the carbon emitted running the refrigeration and running the ships, plus the waste heat from desalinating the water.

The idea is from an architectural design contest, not any kind of actual climate scientist. ABC news went and asked an actual climate scientist about it:

“It’s like trying to save the sand castle you built at the beach using a dixie cup as the tide comes in,” Michael Mann, a professor of atmospheric sciences at Penn State, said of the iceberg-making proposal.

[-] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago

At least they're hexagons, which I approve of on general principles

[-] callyral@readit.buzz 9 points 1 year ago
[-] Jessica@discuss.tchncs.de 19 points 1 year ago

And thus the problem of Global Warming was solved once and for all.

But that-

ONCE AND FOR ALL!

[-] Lizardon@lemmy.ml 13 points 1 year ago

well yeah, they’re the bestagons.

[-] Fais@lemm.ee 10 points 1 year ago

I wonder if this submarine can find the titanic

[-] Anti_Weeb_Penguin@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

Wait, what about the energy that takes to make the ice?

[-] HerrLewakaas@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

This really is the stupidest timeline

[-] Alex-Hyatt687@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago

this'll make one hell of a game of Heroscape

[-] Midnitte@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago

At this rate, this will be the only viable solution

[-] Captain_Jimmy_T_Kirk@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

Thus solving the problem once and for all

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