Geothermal Sea Water

[DIYrich]

Using the temperature gradient of the Oceans to make power.

MSN

Doesn't this hurt global warming because it will cause the oceans to heat up faster? Pumping the heat directly into the cold water layer of the ocean.

 

[Hogheavenfarm]

Gov's have already done that to the atmosphere using the HAARP facilities, pumping megawatts into the air.

 

[LakeHouse]

Using the temperature gradient of the Oceans to make power.

MSN

Doesn't this hurt global warming because it will cause the oceans to heat up faster? Pumping the heat directly into the cold water layer of the ocean.

If this is extracting electrical power, it has to be producing a net drop in thermal energy in the ocean; cooling the warm surface layer slightly more than it is heating the cold sub-surface layer. Energy must be conserved.
But regardless, the problems of global warming are less 'adding heat to the planet', and more 'adding heaters to the planet'. CO2 causes the atmosphere to capture more solar energy continuously, which is a much larger long-term problem than adding some (or even a lot) of heat in the short term.