Friday, July 17, 2009

Why stop Hurricanes when we can control them?

Bill Gates is investing money on stopping hurricanes by pulling them to cooler water but why not find a way to contain them and use them for power generation. Much like we do with Niagara Falls.

Here is the article on bill gate's venture:
http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Windows/Bill-Gates-Latest-Venture-Stopping-Hurricanes-839524/?kc=EWKNLNAV07172009STR2

Eventually research may let us form them ourselves and control the ones we form for power generation. An attempt was made a while back but many lost control and we had Katrina and other hurricanes get loose from us and go ashore. That stopped our research till we were off the radar but hopefully this season we can continue in this space especially now that another venture is work on a similar project.

Our plan for the hurricanes was not to guide them to cooler water but guide them to a special spot on the shoreline where power generators were waiting. We collect the power then let them die out. Now that another funder is working on controlling hurricanes maybe some of their research will assist in controlling the hurricane for us. Let's hope this venture pays off and they do get control of them. It will mean natural power for us all.

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