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Innerworld@lemmy.world to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days ago

Scientists could soon use giant fire tornadoes to clean up our oceans

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Scientists could soon use giant fire tornadoes to clean up our oceans

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Innerworld@lemmy.world to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days ago
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Scientists could soon use giant fire tornadoes to clean up our oceans | BBC Science Focus Magazine
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Sometimes, the craziest ideas just happen to be the best. Fire whirls burn oil spills faster and cleaner than fire pools, a new study shows
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    BINGO! Fire tornados!

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    This seems to be plausible only without significant wind in the middle of the ocean. If huge wind barriers can be set up without being blown over, then maybe this can be as ‘very realistic’ as this is claimed to be.

    It’ll be cool to see in practice though.

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      Yeah I agree that it doesn’t sound very realistic.

      One of the problems with spills is getting equipment on site.

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    No thank you???

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    Well, that can’t go badly.

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    Fire elementals?

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    Have they considered… water tornadoes.

    • Luminous5481 "Lawless Heathen" [they/them]@anarchist.nexus
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      I saw this really interesting documentary on a Sharknado, I think there’s something there we should pursue.

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      That’s actually the proposed solution to counteract the immenant out-of-control fire tornado situation.

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    Anybody have this on their bingo card?

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    Gonna give Trump the Fiendfyre spell to clean up oil slicks? Nothing can go wrong I’m sure.

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    “Scientists could soon use…”?

    What the kind of articles are you sending us? That is clear bullshit

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    Taking that headline at face value, fire is apparently good for getting rid of radioacive waste, sewerage, agricultural chemical runoff …

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