Bloom Floating Farm Designed to Reduce CO2 Levels
Nov-22-13
The Bloom floating farm was designed to grow plankton (which help to remove carbon dioxide from the air) while it monitors sea levels, creates fresh water and sends tsunami alerts when appropriate.One of the five finalists in the “Architecture+Weather” category of Architizer A+ Awards, the Bloom was conceived by Sitbon Architectes of Paris. The large, floating structure would be equipped with aquariums of photoplankton, tiny sea-creatures that play a key role in removing CO2 from the air. The semi-submersible Bloom would be tethered to the ocean floor with a series of cables, and could be moved to ‘dead areas’ of the ocean to help increase the water’s oxygen levels.
The Bloom would also filter sea water to create drinking water, and its sensitivity to sea vibrations would make it an excellent source of early tsunami warnings.
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This is a very poorly thought-out invention.
Imprimis, it is intended to solve a non-problem, namely "high CO2 levels." Secundus, it will do nothing to change atmospheric CO2 levels. Compared to the ocean itself, a sphere housing aquaria breeding diatoms is literally a drop in the ocean - the ocean itself is a huge CO2 sink and a huge breeding ground of photosynthetic life.
A sphere, by the way, is exactly the WRONG shape for something that has to promote solar energy capture and gas transpiration! It is also inherently unstable as a floating object and has high hydrodynamic resistance, yet this invention is supposed to be anchored in deep water and later moved to "dead areas" of the ocean (which very likely do not exist - but that's another topic).
The only positive in this proposal is the artwork, which is very pretty.
Posted by Marc de Piolenc on November 27, 2013
^Yeah what he said. PSH
Science and sh*t.
Posted by Yo Momma on December 10, 2013
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This is a very poorly thought-out invention.
Imprimis, it is intended to solve a non-problem, namely "high CO2 levels." Secundus, it will do nothing to change atmospheric CO2 levels. Compared to the ocean itself, a sphere housing aquaria breeding diatoms is literally a drop in the ocean - the ocean itself is a huge CO2 sink and a huge breeding ground of photosynthetic life.
A sphere, by the way, is exactly the WRONG shape for something that has to promote solar energy capture and gas transpiration! It is also inherently unstable as a floating object and has high hydrodynamic resistance, yet this invention is supposed to be anchored in deep water and later moved to "dead areas" of the ocean (which very likely do not exist - but that's another topic).
The only positive in this proposal is the artwork, which is very pretty.
Posted by Marc de Piolenc on November 27, 2013
^Yeah what he said. PSH
Science and sh*t.
Posted by Yo Momma on December 10, 2013
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