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a geek named Bob

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105. depends on the altitude, doesn't it...
Tue Sep 18, 2012, 12:53 AM
Sep 2012

so use strong tie-cables, and restrict the flights to over oceans...

Time to go on the record [View all] XemaSab Sep 2012 OP
If we add High altitude reflective balloons a geek named Bob Sep 2012 #1
Realistically, you've got about 3 years to get those balloons up NickB79 Sep 2012 #2
Okay... a geek named Bob Sep 2012 #3
The problem is that every year without ice makes it that much harder NickB79 Sep 2012 #4
We can use the methane for more balloons a geek named Bob Sep 2012 #5
You vill go on zee rekort now vitt jour prediktion, ja? XemaSab Sep 2012 #6
XemaSab... a geek named Bob Sep 2012 #9
Yes. I predict 2016. nt NickB79 Sep 2012 #15
Interesting... XemaSab Sep 2012 #110
I don't doubt this will happen eventually, but...... AverageJoe90 Sep 2012 #7
If each balloon can replicate one balloon per year... a geek named Bob Sep 2012 #8
I'm guessing you've set out your balloon project somewhere on DU already muriel_volestrangler Sep 2012 #12
Muriel... my apologies a geek named Bob Sep 2012 #14
Bob, that sounds like a really good plan. AverageJoe90 Sep 2012 #23
AverageJoe90, why wait for government? a geek named Bob Sep 2012 #26
You do have a pretty good point there, Bob. nt =) AverageJoe90 Sep 2012 #38
I agree with you. a geek named Bob Sep 2012 #41
Sometimes, private efforts really can be as good, and even better than the government's.......nt AverageJoe90 Sep 2012 #68
works for me... a geek named Bob Sep 2012 #69
You can build self-replicating balloons from off-the-shelf parts? NickB79 Sep 2012 #59
I thought I posted those ideas on this thread... a geek named Bob Sep 2012 #61
You're new to this aren't you. FedUpWithIt All Sep 2012 #18
Not really new, no. AverageJoe90 Sep 2012 #24
I strongly encourage all technophiles to keep digging into the problems. GliderGuider Sep 2012 #27
It's better than sitting and stating there's nothing we can do... a geek named Bob Sep 2012 #28
Is it? GliderGuider Sep 2012 #29
Not convinced of what? a geek named Bob Sep 2012 #30
Not convinced of the value of action. GliderGuider Sep 2012 #31
He's just set in his ways, Bob. Can't change that, I suppose. AverageJoe90 Sep 2012 #70
I've a couple of questions that keep rattling around in my poor addled head... a geek named Bob Sep 2012 #72
Do you really think a lot of people want to live low tech? GliderGuider Sep 2012 #91
interesting... a geek named Bob Sep 2012 #93
Why would it matter to you if I were to dislike your lifestyle? GliderGuider Sep 2012 #96
I haven't seen one of those stores in about 3 decades a geek named Bob Sep 2012 #98
OK, I just re-read that (snark-free post) GliderGuider Sep 2012 #107
And what are the possible feedback loops of that? FedUpWithIt All Sep 2012 #33
I put it this way: GliderGuider Sep 2012 #36
Re: "My position is that we would probably be better off in the long run if everyone took a break".. AverageJoe90 Sep 2012 #73
We haven't taken a break since we invented agriculture 8,000 years ago GliderGuider Sep 2012 #81
To hell with fashionable learned helplessness... a geek named Bob Sep 2012 #39
Yes, well good luck to you then. FedUpWithIt All Sep 2012 #42
and who says I'm not doing these things? a geek named Bob Sep 2012 #43
You seem very angry FedUpWithIt All Sep 2012 #46
The resources used to build these balloons, in my design, a geek named Bob Sep 2012 #47
Yep, so true. AverageJoe90 Sep 2012 #76
Then we ought to be able to accelerate this system a geek named Bob Sep 2012 #79
Agreed. And there's other things that can be done, too. AverageJoe90 Sep 2012 #86
I like it! a geek named Bob Sep 2012 #90
So... nebenaube Sep 2012 #104
depends on the altitude, doesn't it... a geek named Bob Sep 2012 #105
I like your attitude! Odin2005 Sep 2012 #35
Thank you, sir! a geek named Bob Sep 2012 #40
Post removed Post removed Sep 2012 #48
Nihil... that's just unkind... a geek named Bob Sep 2012 #49
Next year. September 2013. phantom power Sep 2012 #10
I'm with you XemaSab Sep 2012 #20
okay... a geek named Bob Sep 2012 #50
The next step is to stop screaming, of course. GliderGuider Sep 2012 #51
I'll pass... a geek named Bob Sep 2012 #52
That sounds like a fair division of labour to me! GliderGuider Sep 2012 #53
sounds good a geek named Bob Sep 2012 #54
Success is its own reward, right? nt GliderGuider Sep 2012 #55
I'm more pragmatic... a geek named Bob Sep 2012 #56
Well, labour has value only to those who value what's being done. GliderGuider Sep 2012 #58
I just want a fair compensation for work delivered. a geek named Bob Sep 2012 #60
Would you pay for my fix? GliderGuider Sep 2012 #62
An "opportunity?" a geek named Bob Sep 2012 #63
An opportunity to become sustainable for the first time in our species' history. GliderGuider Sep 2012 #64
fine... a geek named Bob Sep 2012 #66
Well, I'm not actually saying that. GliderGuider Sep 2012 #71
yeah... it DOES kind of sound like you are saying that... a geek named Bob Sep 2012 #74
The system you describe does not exist. If it did you could colonize the galaxy. joshcryer Sep 2012 #75
hmmm... a geek named Bob Sep 2012 #77
Good luck. joshcryer Sep 2012 #85
Joshcryer... Thank you for the well wishings... a geek named Bob Sep 2012 #89
Ah, i think you're inching closer to the truth GliderGuider Sep 2012 #78
...sigh... a geek named Bob Sep 2012 #80
Or how about GliderGuider Sep 2012 #82
okay... a geek named Bob Sep 2012 #84
The problem is GliderGuider Sep 2012 #87
no... a geek named Bob Sep 2012 #92
Actually, it's just an issue of scale. GliderGuider Sep 2012 #94
dude... a geek named Bob Sep 2012 #95
I'm not proposing a switch to low tech living. GliderGuider Sep 2012 #97
Here we go... a geek named Bob Sep 2012 #99
A lot less than 5 planets? XemaSab Sep 2012 #100
I was hoping for 1 ton/yr or less a geek named Bob Sep 2012 #101
So you're as much a part of the problem XemaSab Sep 2012 #102
Well... a geek named Bob Sep 2012 #103
What are you doing on the internet?! FedUpWithIt All Sep 2012 #106
"Ice gone" is hard to define exactly Speck Tater Sep 2012 #11
Do you mean year-round, or minimum? GliderGuider Sep 2012 #13
All pipe dreams of climate engineering aside, ... CRH Sep 2012 #16
My prediction for an ice-free Arctic year-round? 2040, maybe 2060 if we're lucky. AverageJoe90 Sep 2012 #25
Pipe dreams? a geek named Bob Sep 2012 #44
You forgot one important variable in your equations: greed NickB79 Sep 2012 #57
The will to do so from anyone with means, remember, ... CRH Sep 2012 #65
Then get a group together... a geek named Bob Sep 2012 #67
I'll leave that for you, ... CRH Sep 2012 #83
What the hell... a geek named Bob Sep 2012 #88
2015 hatrack Sep 2012 #17
I've been trying to be more environmentally responsible lately XemaSab Sep 2012 #19
Near my ole stompin grounds. n/t CRH Sep 2012 #21
imperial white phantom power Sep 2012 #22
As everyone knows pscot Sep 2012 #32
2014. Odin2005 Sep 2012 #34
2014 or 2015. nt emmadoggy Sep 2012 #37
2014. joshcryer Sep 2012 #45
Here are a couple of pertinent comments from Neven's blog GliderGuider Sep 2012 #108
2014 truebrit71 Sep 2012 #109
If you can not see what is going on BoB is destroying, CRH Sep 2012 #111
It is done hatrack Sep 2012 #115
. XemaSab Sep 2012 #116
Horse shit, show me the balloons, ... CRH Sep 2012 #112
XemaSab, You asked an honest question, IT has been HIJACKED!!! CRH Sep 2012 #113
It's the internet, gotta take the insane with the good. Viking12 Sep 2012 #114
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