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.
 
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