Bill Gates of Microsoft envisions fighting hurricanes by manipulating the sea

[-Cp]

If you thought domination of the world's software market was cool, get a load of Bill Gates' next technological vision: giant ocean-going tubs that fight hurricanes by draining warm water from the surface to the depths, through a long tube.

A second tube could simultaneously suck cool water from the depths to the surface.

Microsoft founder Gates and a dozen other scientists and engineers have a patent pending for deploying such vessels, which they say would collect water through waves breaking over the walls of the tub. Some variations have the water moving through turbines on their way down, which would in turn generate electricity to suck up the cooler water.

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[9/12er]

There was a book written by Sidney Sheldon about a company that learned how to control the weather. Great book!!! It was called Are You Afraid of the Dark?

[Gaffer]

They do realize this would disturb the environment by screwing up the currents under the ocean, that feed the northern waters and will disturb millions of fish and plant life that depend on those currents? What a bunch of ego-maniacal buffoons.

Hurricanes are also a major source of moisture for many areas and by stopping their development there could be serious droughts throughout many regions.

Just a bunch of god wannabe's.

[chloe]

I've been reading about "Weather Warfare" for a long time now, but it has always been more of a conspiracy theory, now it is finally going more mainstream.