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<blockquote data-quote="John Roberts" data-source="post: 67505" data-attributes="member: 126">Re: Hurricane SandyI think I recall hearing about some early experiments attempting to alter tropical storm formation and trajectory, but the liability for being connected to steering the path for a large destructive storm is politically unacceptable.&nbsp; Imagine the outrage from the region who ends up taking the hit, because the government steered a storm in one direction or the other. Note: I am not suggesting this could easily be done in large enough scale, just suggesting why it is not likely to be pursued by anybody as viable. I have hypothesized that extracting heat from the ocean surface around the equator should reduce the energy available to power these tropical storms.&nbsp; Easier said than done, but there should be energy available to be extracted from the temperature differential between the surface and even a couple hundred feet down. Of course we need efficient energy transmission means to move any energy extracted this way to land.Again just like caution should be practiced before messing with the global thermostat, we need to be careful about altering ocean surface temperatures as that will affect numerous weather/climate factors (ocean circulation patterns, cloud formation, etc etc etc... ).&nbsp; Danger Will Robinson, now that could lead to human caused changes, for better or worse. Do we feel lucky?&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; JR</blockquote>

[QUOTE="John Roberts, post: 67505, member: 126"] Re: Hurricane Sandy I think I recall hearing about some early experiments attempting to alter tropical storm formation and trajectory, but the liability for being connected to steering the path for a large destructive storm is politically unacceptable. Imagine the outrage from the region who ends up taking the hit, because the government steered a storm in one direction or the other. Note: I am not suggesting this could easily be done in large enough scale, just suggesting why it is not likely to be pursued by anybody as viable. I have hypothesized that extracting heat from the ocean surface around the equator should reduce the energy available to power these tropical storms. Easier said than done, but there should be energy available to be extracted from the temperature differential between the surface and even a couple hundred feet down. Of course we need efficient energy transmission means to move any energy extracted this way to land. Again just like caution should be practiced before messing with the global thermostat, we need to be careful about altering ocean surface temperatures as that will affect numerous weather/climate factors (ocean circulation patterns, cloud formation, etc etc etc... ). Danger Will Robinson, now that could lead to human caused changes, for better or worse. Do we feel lucky? JR [/QUOTE]

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