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<br />OV't::l' <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />influences beyond just thermal heat that will <br />be coming in, irrigation water which is charged <br />with heat in and out. all of the other fluctuat- <br />ing influences in that area do not make it a <br />very promising or spectacular area. Perhaps <br />the Johnson Steam-hydro Plant in Wyoming may <br />make a much better station for study since <br />they plan on increasing the thermal discharge <br />from that one very considerably in the next <br />few years. We are looking into this possi- <br />bility. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />One thing we have in mind, and it looks <br />very interesting, and that is the possibility <br />of developing a skimmer taking advantage of <br />this laminar affect of water and developing a <br />skimming device so that we can channel water <br />over natural cool waters and use the resistant <br />factor of water itself. Water is a tremendous <br />insulator; it hates to accept heat. If we can <br />take this natural hatred of acceptance of heat <br />and perhaps then develop a skimming device, and <br />we have looked into this in several possible <br />ways, of skimming heated effluents from the <br />surface and probably reinjecting, we may be <br />able to use this as a method of reducing <br />barrier effects. We are very pleased with the <br />results so far and are quite interested that <br />many of the rather excited reports about thermal <br />pollution and thermal affect may not be as <br />serious or may not have to be as serious as some <br />people have advertised to us. In other words, <br />if we can look into these discharges, if we can <br />coax the discharges into the water in such a <br />way that we do not cause great turbulance, then <br />perhaps we can take care of it at the surface <br />and perhaps skim. These are just possibilities. <br />We are looking into and, as I say, there is some <br />real promise. <br /> <br />One other one that I think is terribly <br />exciting and I know my time is well gone. I <br />said I'd take only five minutes but let me tell <br />you about this one because I am up in the air <br />and I think perhaps many people will be. We <br />are working on fish sound, if you can call it <br />