[extropy-chat] FWD [PvT] Re: Anti-hurricane engineering

[Adrian Tymes]

OTECs essentially work by conducting heat from the
top of the ocean to the bottom, right?  (No energy
needed - indeed, they produce electricity.)  Would
this not effectively result in a (relatively) cold
spot up top, especially if some OTECs were designed to
emphasize conduction over electricity generation?
And mobility, so one could float these into the path
of an oncoming hurricane.  (Since they're mostly
underwater, they would seem likely to suffer little
damage when the 'cane passes overhead - especially if
their tops were actually a little bit under the
ocean's surface.)