ocean warming on it's way
Posted by bobbapink on Feb 24, 2002 at 12:21
(207.172.209.134)Re: Global cooling is on the way (Dale)
You’re skating on thin ice with that Asteroid remark but I’m gonna let it slide this time.
You’re lucky.
Instead of moving all that water, wouldn’t it be cheaper just to heat what’s already there? Sources varied but most put the Gulf Stream at about 5 degrees warmer than the surrounding water. Heating 2.2e10 pounds of water 5 degrees only requires 1.1e11 BTU’s or 880,000 gallons of fuel. Though I’m not sure what it would take to maintain that temperature even if it were the same, heaters are cheaper and more reliable than pumps. :-)
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