Been tried before...this could work though.

[tvtech]

Here in SA we need water. Mostly dry. Cape Town has been especially hard hit

A link about towing an Iceberg:

Cape Town could soon see an iceberg on the horizon | The Citizen

The plan to tow an iceberg from Antarctica to the Arabian Gulf has been in the making for six years, says UAE businessman Abdulla Alshehi.

citizen.co.za

 

[unclejed613]

it's been tried before and was not economically feasible at the time. an iceberg has a mass in the millions of tons. for comparison the largest aircraft carriers displace about 100,000 tons. so an iceberg would require 10 of the world's largest tugboats for every million tons, maybe more since the underwater shape of an iceberg is not very hydrodynamic.

 

[tvtech]

And if it's a smaller one? I'm sure you get chunks that will be easier to work with.

 

[Inquisitive]

It is a viable source of income for some entrepreneurs. See this news article from eastern Canada .

Iceberg harvesting is a swashbuckling new industry in Newfoundland and Labrador - Macleans.ca

The recent theft of 30,000 litres of iceberg water, reputed for its purity and low mineral content, shows how vital this enterprise has become

www.macleans.ca

 

[tvtech]

Thanks Inq. Interesting article

 

[unclejed613]

And if it's a smaller one? I'm sure you get chunks that will be easier to work with.

it could probably work for relatively short distances. i keep forgetting SA is close to antarctica. if you haul one big iceberg of 1,000.000 and compare the amount of ice that arrives at the destination, to hauling 10 icebergs that are 100,000 tons the same distance in the same weather, the million ton berg will deliver more water than the 10 smaller bergs. the reason is the smaller ones present a much larger surface area to the ocean and the air. i wonder if you could just implant a bunch of diesel engines on the berg. making the engine mounts out of pycrete might be a viable way to transport icebergs.

 

[tvtech]

Diesel powered Iceberg babies
Who knows Grandad.

People have scoffed before.
Stay safe

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[tvtech]

I meant Unclejed
Grr m