STEP 20 CSS - Cold Spot Water Sprayer
Introduction
Impact
- Each CSS sprays 3km3 of water per year equivalent to 7 GigaWatts continuous
- Associated Cloud Machine effect produces solar shading equivalent to 97 GigaWatts continuous
- Associated Wave Machine locks up approx 1 million tons of CO2 per year.
- Organic CO2 burial would likely exceed that figure.
Practically
- A ‘slow-tech’ design would encompass low speeds and a 200-year life.
- Reinforced Concrete (RC) is used extensively as construction material,
because of its cost, strength and durability. - Building such machines would be viable for the existing offshore industry.
- The technology is easily transferable to less-developed countries.
- A low-maintenance design allows for minimal upkeep cost.
Environmentally
- The CSS is totally wave-powered using renewable energy.
- By locating the cooling appropriately, local weather patterns are affected. Monsoons could be stabilized; Hurricanes diverted.
Socially/Politically
- Such projects could be financed by a Carbon Tax; ideally through a “World Carbon Bank”
- Governments could buy in to such schemes; it’s jobs for their industry and a way to be seen to be doing something!
Economically
- Development costs are estimated at €10 million
- A working prototype would cost approx €300 million
- India could subsequently build a full-size machine for the same price.