Quote:
|
Originally Posted by oil pan 4
Icebergs for water.
|
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by TFA
Yet the journey poses risks. Due to their size icebergs can flip over in transit, causing fatal accidents. They must be also wrapped in specially designed insulated material to reduce the melting rate during the journey. It is no surprise that the process can therefore be expensive.
|
That's not a bug that's a feature. It flips on the axis one wants to constrain so one can lathe a hydrodynamic template out of it. The insulation could be an air curtain for that hypervelocity delivery to reduce shrinkage.
Quote:
|
And of course, the ships which pull the icebergs will all be....
|
....above the surface where wind energy is abundant. Magnus Effect aerofoils, else semisubmersibles pulled by tugboats pulled by kites.