Discovery Project Earth
Discovery Project Earth is a new series that will literally span the globe, from the Arctic Circle to the Hawaiian Islands, pinpointing areas of both concern and opportunity in confronting climate change.
Working with the scientists on these large scale experiments is the DISCOVERY PLANET EARTH task force, each with a unique specialty on these ambitious projects. Jennifer Languell, the tough talking eco-house-building engineer, for whom no task is too daunting; Basil Singer, the scientific boy wonder who, at 29, has a PhD in Astrophysics and builds robots for a living; and finally billionaire entrepreneur and venture capitalist, Kevin O’Leary, the businessman who can fund the impossible.
“DISCOVERY PROJECT EARTH is a thrill ride of trial and error, of cause and effect, of asking tough questions about our environment and finding the brightest minds and most innovative approaches to tackle these challenges,” said John Ford, President and General Manager of Discovery Channel.
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17 opinions for Discovery Project Earth
Carol from Oregon
Aug 20, 2008 at 11:25 pm
I am so excited to read about all eight of the ideas listed on the schedule on the Discovery Ch.!
I think they can all make a difference for a healthier Earth…Yes! for inventors, scientists, and one’s who just want a safer, healthier, liveable Earth.
My imagination is visualizing other ideas just by reading the ones they list!
Carol
Healthy Shana
Aug 21, 2008 at 7:34 am
Thats great Carol. What other ideas have you come up with. Maybe I could post about them.
Carol from Oregon
Aug 21, 2008 at 6:12 pm
Hi Healthy Shana,
Ok, a few ideas:
I know some might seem strange..but the two below seem reasonable in my mind.
The idea of venetian blinds having one side with a dark color and the other side a light color to use for winter/summer or for day/night.
The same concept:
having roof material be in panels so one could use a handle by the gutters or some place easy to reach for the owner, renter, or landlord: to overturn the panels from a light color to reflect better for the season-then turn over for a dark color to keep more heat in…help with the energy needs of the house or building.
I have never seen anything like this either…is there something like this already?
Carol
Healthy Shana
Aug 22, 2008 at 7:45 am
Hmmm, I dont know. I would have to do some research to find out. But these are interesting.
Emil Kleinfeld
Aug 22, 2008 at 8:43 pm
Possible Global Warming solution:
If I understand this, sulfur in volcanoes can produce sulfuric acid in the upper atmosphere. This acid causes global cooling by reflecting the suns rays away from the earth’s surface. With that being true, let’s suppose for a moment that all commercial passenger jet aircraft traveling through the stratosphere was burning a fuel with the sulfur not removed in the refining processes but saturated with the sulfur that has been removed from all other fuels produced to be used in the troposphere. If my theory is correct the cost versus the benefit could be staggering depending on the overall effect on the warming trend. The airlines would have no problem with doing this; the aircraft have plenty of tanks to manage the controlled dispersion. And they gain the bragging rights to contributing to global cooling. I believe the fuel distribution may have a small problem dealing with another fuel product. This is where the cost would come in.
My question is does this wildly simple solution have merit?
And if so, how do we get the ball rolling?
Emil Kleinfeld
larry boettcher
Aug 22, 2008 at 10:14 pm
the hybrids are coming but where are we going to plug them in i have the solution and its so simple and totally in sinc with nature which is the only way it should be i need to speak with kevin oleary the children are the key to my plan because the future is theirs not ours. my plan will create jobs for americans and reduce the need for fossil fuels dramatically and at the same time reduce the heat on our planet when i say we can do it there’s a hidden message in that statement now that i have your attention and curiosity i need your your help to implement my plan. im not in it for the money i dont need it look around you we are living on heaven on earth family friends and children make this world our heaven not money and love is what makes the world go around. please have some one contact me to explain how to put my plan into action. its time has come sincerly yours lawrence stanley boettcher
Jim from Bethesda
Aug 23, 2008 at 2:29 am
“# Space Sunshade
Astronomer and professor Roger Angel thinks he can diffract the power of the sun by placing trillions of lenses in space and creating a 100,000 square mile sunshade. See how the lenses are constructed and the rocket delivery system is tested in this audacious experiment to reduce the planet’s warming.? Kinda cuts into effectiveness of solar power! Also how do you get rid of them if they are cutting out too much solar light?
Carol from Oregon
Aug 30, 2008 at 10:22 am
I don’t know what happened but I wasn’t able to see the very first one of the series. The recorder was set wrong and so it wasn’t recorded..and I had errands to do and wasn’t able to push record myself. Will the the first one be played again later ? Carol
Carol from Oregon
Aug 30, 2008 at 10:31 am
Hi Healthy Shana
I think it’s sad the seeds for the mango’s can’t be planted by hand…(even having the wish that it grows up strong and healthy while planting can’t be done..so impersonal)
I do understand that planting by hand-would be time consuming and costly. Having so many helicopters could be too?
Is it more costly to have ships with people who want to help plant or is just people being on the land-more costly?
It’s too bad volunteers on cruise ships couldn’t row out and plant them…well I hope the design works better if dropping them from the sky is the only answer.
If the seedlings do grow, can they survive the high waves?
Carol
Airship Shawn
Sep 6, 2008 at 12:20 pm
Having just watched the “infinite winds” episode I am very disappointed to see yet another “airship expert” succeed in only attempting to drag the industry back a hundred years. Being used to this, my disappointment should really be focused on the “task force” that showed little ability to really engineer but rather only understand how to set up pointless experiments that will perhaps look good on TV. The inability to get the simplest facts right that need no scientific background (such as that Elizabeth City is in North Carolina, not Virginia and the fact that this Canadian expert has no right to pretend that this North Carolina facility is his own) shows how little the program seems to be interested in meaningful “projects.” I in fact do believe in the concept presented, I just wish that real experts and real science could be presented some day.
Carol from Oregon
Sep 12, 2008 at 10:12 pm
I watched Space sun shield. I have my doubts of this one. With all those lenses, I thought they would be destroyed when another space ship came up to orbit from Earth.
Won’t blocking the sun make it so the business who use solar power on Earth have less power?
What about comets or space debris hitting the lenses.
I think it is not a good idea to spend money on.
Carol
Carol from Oregon
Sep 12, 2008 at 10:18 pm
Orbital Power Plant.
I have heard that microwaves are not safe for humans? The trial run did seem to work tho. I feel like rockets could avoid the panels up in space. I worry about birds flying in the path way, or airplanes getting flight pattern information wrong… I like this idea, but I would not want star ‘wars’ over this idea or prices to be a problem.
I hope that this idea works..if it is cost effective.
Carol
Carol from Oregon
Sep 12, 2008 at 10:31 pm
I would like to know what you think of pruning dead limbs from the forest of trees? Do you believe that a forest fire should be allowed to run it’s course?
I believe in maintaining the forest before fire season-this is a minority thinking. I would like footwear to be designed so I (or ?) would not be making a disturbance on the land. I would like volunteers to be in a line like sand bagging but instead using their energy to bring back the pruning of dead branches. The branches would be brought back to a dump truck to be transported for fire wood-for people who need to stay warm, or later for bio fuels, or another kind of power plant for energy. I see no reason to argue about the forest if it’s burnt up. I also don’t like the idea of having poison oak, ivy, sumac, or any other plant that gives off allergies or poisons into the air.
Carol
no science experience just a USA citizen
Carol from Oregon
Sep 21, 2008 at 2:25 pm
I don’t know if I like a rocket going down into the sea to land at the bottom in the ocean floor to store excesses of danger…interesting the tests being done tho on how the numbers dropped down. It’s too bad it just couldn’t be used for something else instead of storing…the best idea is to stop or to be able to lower the risks of the problem.
Carol f
Healthy Shana
Sep 22, 2008 at 12:43 pm
I agree as well Carol
Corey
Sep 25, 2008 at 10:28 am
In “space sunshield” does anyone know or estimate the cost of the rocket that crashed?
Joe
Dec 24, 2008 at 1:16 pm
I have watched about 5 shows in a row this morning and it seems that there must be much information missing in their content ie. testing the solar shield lenses for vibration by launching them on $200K rocket, much cheaper to use a vibration cell such as those used by NASA et. al. And with the pumps to pull deep water up to the surface to promote algae growth, the main insturment to see if the pump worked, a thermometer to measure cold water coming up from depth had no backup device. This seems quite strange to me. On projects that cost big bucks a simple backup should be affordable. I certainly hope there is much missing in these episodes elsewise it makes me think these are being done to promote the channel and not science.
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