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dreammaker

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From: poughkeepsie, ny

Registered: 2007-01-01

Posts: 26

Re: Earth's first planetary engineering project.

in lieu of sir Branson's last weeks announcement, of the earth challenge, i'd like to get a team together, form the space community and enter the challenge.
this contest is for glory and more importantly creditability. the initial 20% of the prize up front is going to go towards building such said CO2 processing plant, and if there is any money left over, it will be divided up among the team.
if you think you have what it takes to try your hand at this. write me at jdrz007@aool.com  and tell me what you think you can bring to the team.
see contest rules here.
http://www.virginearth.com/

John Creighton

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From: Nova Scotia, Canada

Registered: 2001-09-04

Posts: 2,401

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Re: Earth's first planetary engineering project.

in lieu of sir Branson's last weeks announcement, of the earth challenge, i'd like to get a team together, form the space community and enter the challenge.
this contest is for glory and more importantly creditability. the initial 20% of the prize up front is going to go towards building such said CO2 processing plant, and if there is any money left over, it will be divided up among the team.
if you think you have what it takes to try your hand at this. write me at jdrz007@aool.com  and tell me what you think you can bring to the team.
see contest rules here.
http://www.virginearth.com/

The ocean has a process for removing carbon from the atmosphere. It results in the production of carbonates on the ocean floor. I am not sure of the exact details of the process. That said I am not sure it is necessary because I am not sure a degree rise in the temperature in the temperature over a centenary is a bad thing. Historically humans have done better in warmer times.

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SpaceNut

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From: New Hampshire

Registered: 2004-07-22

Posts: 29,433

Re: Earth's first planetary engineering project.

The descusion of this topic is also taking place on these other sites as well:

http://www.redcolony.com/forum/

http://www.marsdrive.com/phpBB2/

cjchandler

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From: canada

Registered: 2006-06-24

Posts: 138

Re: Earth's first planetary engineering project.

Sure, why not use he money to fund space exploration? How about this, CO2 has a density that is from the other gasses in that atmosphere, so in a centrifuge the gasses would pile up from densiest to least dense. Suck up the CO2 and pump it into and aqufier or something. Not sure how efficent that would be though.

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John Creighton

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From: Nova Scotia, Canada

Registered: 2001-09-04

Posts: 2,401

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Re: Earth's first planetary engineering project.

As logical as the idea of global warming sounds consider this:

"Despite claims that recent times have been hotter than the Dust Bowl years, the years 1930 to 1937 still account for all-time record high temperatures in 24 of the 50 US states:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_al … s_by_state
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http://www.climateaudit.org/?p=1139#comment-84555

Now look at the 1930s temperatures on the graphs used to illustrate global warming. You won't see any indication of a hot period.  It makes one wonder if history is being rewritten.

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cjchandler

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From: canada

Registered: 2006-06-24

Posts: 138

Re: Earth's first planetary engineering project.

Oh, sure, but you still get the prize money even if global warming doesn't turn out to be so dire as we thought. You have to admit that the weather has been pretty eratic lately, even if not too much warmer.

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nickname

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From: Ontario, Canada

Registered: 2006-05-15

Posts: 354

Re: Earth's first planetary engineering project.

We are ok with warmer temperatures in Canada.
In Canada we are thinking about a machine that makes co2 24/7  *lol*

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m1omg

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From: Q Continuum

Registered: 2007-07-03

Posts: 70

Re: Earth's first planetary engineering project.

in lieu of sir Branson's last weeks announcement, of the earth challenge, i'd like to get a team together, form the space community and enter the challenge.
this contest is for glory and more importantly creditability. the initial 20% of the prize up front is going to go towards building such said CO2 processing plant, and if there is any money left over, it will be divided up among the team.
if you think you have what it takes to try your hand at this. write me at jdrz007@aool.com  and tell me what you think you can bring to the team.
see contest rules here.
http://www.virginearth.com/

The ocean has a process for removing carbon from the atmosphere. It results in the production of carbonates on the ocean floor. I am not sure of the exact details of the process. That said I am not sure it is necessary because I am not sure a degree rise in the temperature in the temperature over a centenary is a bad thing. Historically humans have done better in warmer times.

I am sick of these hot days!

m1omg

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From: Q Continuum

Registered: 2007-07-03

Posts: 70

Re: Earth's first planetary engineering project.

We are ok with warmer temperatures in Canada.
In Canada we are thinking about a machine that makes co2 24/7  *lol*

YOU AMERICANS HAVE NO EMPATHY :evil:  :evil: .

SpaceNut

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From: New Hampshire

Registered: 2004-07-22

Posts: 29,433

Re: Earth's first planetary engineering project.

Hello m1omg and welcome to NewMars

nickname was joking in a synical manner about the global warming effect it would have on his Canadian climate.

Sorry to here that the sentiment of "AMERICANS HAVE NO EMPATHY" from so far away and that it is so abundent. For this American can feel the pain of these effects having been through the torrential down pouring of continous rain fall that has caused flooding to occur 2 years in a row. This has been followed by scorching heat in the early part of our summer.