tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753820.post8246064644382975604..comments2023-10-30T04:16:25.917-04:00Comments on Sentient Developments: Toth-Fejel: The politics and ethics of the weather machineGeorgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13003484633933455827noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753820.post-13503509598553720142010-11-11T13:09:14.652-05:002010-11-11T13:09:14.652-05:00Samantha-
You do not need curved mirrors to concen...Samantha-<br />You do not need curved mirrors to concentrate solar. Most solar-powered steam facilities use flat mirrors (e.g. see the pictures at http://www.torresolenergy.com/TORRESOL/home/en). The single units do not have to be packed tightly- they just need to do the simple angle calculation need to alight the central membrane in the correct angle so that the light is reflected in the desired direction. You don't station keep the system from a central station; the units do it themselves, using GPS (and inertial guidance for when someone takes out your GPS).Tihamerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10455538338951299249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753820.post-19689612244940269532010-11-11T13:00:45.517-05:002010-11-11T13:00:45.517-05:00Ken -
The reasons the weather is so unpredictable ...Ken -<br />The reasons the weather is so unpredictable is because we now have *no* control input.<br />If we take a car out to the Bonneville salt flats, tie a car's steering wheel absolutely straight, and then put a brick on the pedal, we cannot predict whether it will eventually circle left or right. It, like the weather, has no control input. But we allow cars on the road all the time precisely because we have such good feedback and control systems.Tihamerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10455538338951299249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753820.post-81957537247926676022010-10-14T17:15:12.742-04:002010-10-14T17:15:12.742-04:00I see no capacity in this system to "concentr...I see no capacity in this system to "concentrate solar". There are no curved mirrors and nothing in the design to suggest the single units can be packed tightly enough to produce one. Also check the math on the focal point and the effect of boring through that much atmosphere. Even if you designed a system only for this it is very unlikely it could be made to work. If you believe this can be done then please show details of your optical model. The system is also not accurate enough to station keep that number of tiny mirror systems that precisely. At the most you could change night day cycles to some small degree.samanthahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05637374540680524149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753820.post-71946455355513314942010-10-03T02:50:42.245-04:002010-10-03T02:50:42.245-04:00The reason this is a bad idea is that it assumes k...The reason this is a bad idea is that it assumes knowledge of weather cycles that we simply don't have. If you input power into a complex system such as Earth's how do you know when enough is enough? knowing the weather tomorrow, next week, or even next year isn't enough (and we don't even know that yet).<br /><br />The problem is that you can disrupt the equilibrium points of our Earth system without even realizing it, until it is too late. At which point you are like someone trying to balance a ball on a pointed stick. You over compensate one way, then another, and finally you just lose it.<br /><br />That is the problem with all such geo-engineering proposals, but I fear there is too much arrogance involved for people ot admit it.<br /><br />Ken<br />kenStech.comKenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16019677671124543202noreply@blogger.com