{"id":36871,"date":"2013-07-08T05:30:44","date_gmt":"2013-07-08T09:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planetsave.com\/?p=36871"},"modified":"2013-07-08T05:30:44","modified_gmt":"2013-07-08T09:30:44","slug":"towing-icebergs-for-water-seriously-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planetsave.com\/articles\/towing-icebergs-for-water-seriously-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Towing Icebergs For Water&#8230; Seriously (VIDEO)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"gv-placement-sap\" id=\"gv_target_5986474013730541011504514\"><\/div>\n<p><script>!function(a,b,c){var d=a.getElementsByTagName(b)[0];a.getElementById(c)||(a=a.createElement(b),a.id=c,a.src=(\"https:\"==document.location.protocol?\"http:\/\/player-services.goviral-content.com\".replace(\/^http:\/,\"https:\"):\"http:\/\/player-services.goviral-content.com\")+\"\/embed-code\/index\/find?placementVersionId=5986474013730541011504514\",d.parentNode.insertBefore(a,d))}(document,\"script\",\"gv_script_5986474013730541011504514\");<\/script><\/p>\n<p>I first heard about the idea of towing icebergs for water a couple years ago when one of our writers <a href=\"http:\/\/planetsave.com\/2011\/08\/15\/could-icebergs-be-towed-to-areas-suffering-drought\/\" target=\"_blank\">covered the potential water crisis solution<\/a>. The idea came from\u00a0an engineer named Georges Mougin back in the 1970s. The idea was that towing icebergs for water for those suffering from <a href=\"http:\/\/planetsave.com\/2011\/05\/12\/severe-tropical-droughts-expected-as-temperatures-rise\/\" target=\"_blank\">severe droughts<\/a>\u00a0could be a cost effective solution to those suffering from such crises.<\/p>\n<p>Sound crazy? It sounded crazy to me, but a French firm, Dassault Systems, thought it was worthy of more than a laugh or a &#8220;wow, that&#8217;s interesting.&#8221; Back in 2011, a simulation by the firm found that it could be done in under 5 months&#8230; but that it would cost about $10 million.<\/p>\n<p>Nonetheless, the results &#8220;reinvigorated Mougin,&#8221; who was 86 at the time, and he started trying to raise money for such an effort. 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