Re: Heating a City

On Apr 6, 11:26 pm, Bill Snyder <bsny...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On Sun, 6 Apr 2008 20:23:19 -0700 (PDT), Charles Talleyrand
>
> <kitplan...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >Lets suppose I've got *lots* of energy to spend, and I only want to
> >heat just *one* city.  I'd like to raise the ambient temperature 20
> >degrees above the surrounding area.  YOU ARE LIMITED TO CURRENT
> >TECHNOLOGY, but have a VERY VERY LARGE BUDGET.  What might be the best
> >way to do it?  And about-sort-of how much energy might this take?
>
> What temperature is the surrounding area?
>

About 20 degrees less than the final goal.  If you'd like, lets
suppose you want to raise the temperature from 30 degrees F to 50
degrees F, or from 40F to 60F.

-Charles Talleyrand