Post AXrcAAppJhFHhUQumG by jerrylevine@mastodon.social
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 (DIR) Post #AXrcAAppJhFHhUQumG by jerrylevine@mastodon.social
       2023-07-19T20:48:13Z
       
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       HOW BIG A SPONGE WOULD YOU NEED TO SOAK UP THE CHESAPEAKE BAY?I know you're all dying to know this, and since I'm supposed to be finishing a newsletter, I worked through this calculation instead. ----Okay. So we don't know the exact volume of the #ChesapeakeBay , but let's assume that it's approximately 68 trillion liters.A typical kitchen #sponge should be able to absorb 10X its weight in water. So if the density of water is of 1 g/cm³, a 1 cm³ sponge could absorb about 10 cm³ of water.
       
 (DIR) Post #AXrcnPuDDZOpjeCGtk by vees@epistolary.org
       2023-07-19T20:56:16Z
       
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       @jerrylevine Are we assuming a massive  dam extending out from Norfolk that separates the bay from the ocean so that replacement saltwater doesn't flow in to replace what gets soaked up?
       
 (DIR) Post #AXrdTy2wfnq3meZUky by jerrylevine@mastodon.social
       2023-07-19T21:02:27Z
       
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       @vees I mean, I wasn't concerned with that part. But yes, it would require a massive dam to block the flow of water back in. I have also considered sending a rocket to cut out a giant ice cube from a comet to fight climate change.