Re: Hurrican Ivan heads for Florida

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Date: 09/10/04 

Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 05:13:41 +0000 (UTC)

In sci.physics habshi <habshi@anony.com> wrote:
> Apparently the energy of these hurricanes is 10,000 times that
> of the Hiroshima bomb or 200 million tonnes of tnt !! - more than
> humans use in a year .
> Since the earth is tilted and the eplipetic revolution means
> the north is nearer to the sun in summer , the water heats up over the
> summer and the hurricanes therefore never happen in the southern
> hemisphere or in spring .
> So why not rush otec type contraptions which use the temp
> difference between the super hot water on top and cold water at the
> depths , to the hot water areas and trasmit the electricity to the
> mainland . Clean energy for ever and ever !!!

Because the energy is spread over hundreds of square miles and the
locations are spread over thousands of square miles and moving all
the time. 

-- 
Jim Pennino
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