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236 comments on Advice to Pres. Obama (#5): One Engineer's Advice for Energy Policy

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AlanfromBigEasy on January 27, 2009 - 10:35am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

The Lower Mississippi River has no foreseeable heat sink issues. The volume of water is incredibly vast.

Just the shipping channel at New Orleans is 900' wide and 100' deep moving at several knots at the summer minimum. Add the water underneath the shipping channel and to the sides.

Alan

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Luke H on January 29, 2009 - 8:55pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

I was pretty sure 'frombigeasy' was refering to your hometown and not some techy organization that feels big things come easy (you do paint bright pictures with a broad brush). Always good to see someone give good information about a place they know well, thanks. :)

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Luke H on January 29, 2009 - 8:22pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

hit the key twice

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