While I was thinking of alternative ways to generate solar updrifts, I came up with this awkward idea. Building an air pipeline that carries to warm tropical air to Antarctica to generate renewable energy. One end of the pipeline would open up to the tropical warm water current and intake warm air. The other end would be on the coast of the Antarctica. The pipeline may float above water for most of the distance. Once it approaches the cold continent, it would go underwater to utilize the isolation of the water. The pipeline would have insulation on the section very close to the continent. This setup would only work when the outside temperature is below zero Celsius. The air inside the pipeline would be kept around zero degrees thanks to water. The colder the outside air is, the more the air flow would be. Hence more electricity can be generated with the increased air flow. The exhausted warmer air would also be used to keep the external equipment above the freezing point such as snowmobiles.
Utilizing the water as insulator and laying the pipeline mostly above water where there is no marine traffic, reduce the cost of the project and simplifies its deployment.
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