hok · HackerTrans

3 years agodiscuss

Drying the Mediterranean Sea is surely a bad idea, but I wonder why nobody ever built hydroelectric generators into the Strait of Gibraltar. There is a huge steady flow of surface water from the Atlantic into the Mediterranean (1 million cubic meters per second), and almost as much flows back into the Atlantic in deeper layers. Why not tap into these streams to generate electricity?

hok

4 years agodiscuss

I wonder if that could backfire if the reduced irradiation would reduce the plants' ability to remove carbon from the atmosphere.

hok

4 years agodiscuss

This reminds me of the CargoLifter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CargoLifter

They wanted to create a fleet of LTA vessels some 20 years ago, but never made it beyond a reduced-scale prototype and eventually had to file bancruptcy after using up all their investors' money.

The only thing that remains is an impressively huge hangar in the middle of nowhere near Berlin, which is used as an indoor resort today.

hok

4 years agodiscuss

The fact that a court overturns a law is proof that our democracy actually works.

No need to be 'verdrossen'.

It would be worse if the courts just approves all laws the government conceives.

hok

4 years agodiscuss

This place is spectacular in many ways. My favorite: If you say "I can't afford it" at the entrance, they let you in for free.

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