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Mashmellow Posted 20 years ago
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floating wind turbine could whip up rain.
An engineer called Stephen Salter outlined his latest idea about turning wind turbines into rain-making machines as follows: a floating wind turbine that sprays water vapour high into the air, to increase evaporation from the ocean and precipitation over land. He says it could help defuse burgeoning conflicts over access to water, stop deserts spreading, improve soil quality, top-up water tables and save rainforest. Sceptics will doubtlessly ask if it can make the tea as well.
can anyone tell me the meaning of the last sentence? it think it is an ironic way to say that some people don't believe what he said and think he was exaggertating the benefit of the machine. But i don't know what "it" refers to in the last sentence. does it refers to" wind turbine" or "the rain made by the wind turbine"? is there any difference between "make the tea" and "make tea"? thank you.
can anyone tell me the meaning of the last sentence? it think it is an ironic way to say that some people don't believe what he said and think he was exaggertating the benefit of the machine. But i don't know what "it" refers to in the last sentence. does it refers to" wind turbine" or "the rain made by the wind turbine"? is there any difference between "make the tea" and "make tea"? thank you.
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Mashmellow An engineer called Stephen Salter outlined his latest idea about turning wind turbines into rain-making machines as follows: a floating wind turbine that sprays water vapour high into the air, to increase evaporation from the ocean and precipitation over land. He says it could help defuse burgeoning conflicts over access to water, stop deserts spreading, improve soil quality, top-up water tables and save rainforest. Sceptics will doubtlessly ask if it can make the tea as well.
- Mashmellow An engineer called Stephen Salter outlined his latest idea about turning wind turbines into rain-making machines as follows: a floating wind turbine that sprays water vapour high into the air, to increase evaporation from the ocean and precipitation over land.
- He says it could help defuse burgeoning conflicts over access to water, stop deserts spreading, improve soil quality, top-up water tables and save rainforest.
- Sceptics will doubtlessly ask if it can make the tea as well.
- can anyone tell me the meaning of the last sentence?
- it think it is an ironic way to say that some people don't believe what he said and think he was exaggertating the benefit of the machine.
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MashmellowAn engineer called Stephen Salter outlined his latest idea about turning wind turbines into rain-making machines as follows: a floating wind turbine that sprays water vapour high into the air, to increase evaporation from the ocean and precipitation over land. He says it could help defuse burgeoning conflicts over access to water, stop deserts spreading, improve
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