Good point Richard, neither would I, nor would any robotic platform... Maybe we could envisage sufficient flexibility in the mooring scheme (maybe some kind of semi-dynamic mooring, static most of the time, dynamic=motorized when needed) to move out of the way of the hurricane?
Michel ----- Original Message ----- From: "R C Macaulay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <vortex-l@eskimo.com> Sent: Friday, April 18, 2008 2:37 PM Subject: Re: [Vo]:Re: Eye of the Gyre > > > Howdy Michel, > I wouldn't want to be suspended way out there on a "guywire" when a catagory > 5 hurricane comes visiting. > Richard > > Michel wrote, >>Even better, let's close the loop! > > Instead of far away (e.g. Azores) seeding, we could use a second sea line > (underwater pipeline) to reject seeds, process residues with fertilizing > value, and any additional fertilizer, from the processing station (e.g. > Bermuda, or a floating platform not unlike a deep sea oil platform) to a > nearby seeding point which will ensure a complete "spiral orbit" of the > crop. In the case of the NA gyre this would be some point between the US > Atlantic coast and Bermuda, or even on the US coast, or even on the Bermuda > coast. > > The processing station would be advantageously somewhere between, or at any > extremity of a straight line between the harvesting point (the Eye) and the > seeding point... > > What do you think, fellow Gyre Farming enthusiasts? > > Michel >
