A patent application is pending and the scheme may soon be approved in the U. S., though cooling the water may be the least of the problems associated with the idea.

该方案已经向美国申请了专利，并将会在近期通过，虽然在这个方案中，如何冷却水仍然是尚待解决的问题。

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In light of the calls by the National Farmers Union to set up grid to ferry water supplies from Wales to parts of the UK, Mr George called for the minister's views on the idea of a national water grid.

BBC: Environment statement

The government seems to realise the difficulties: Ed Balls, the children's secretary, poured cold water on the idea of criminal prosecutions for parents, although the possibility of kicking children out if deception is uncovered was left open.

ECONOMIST: Ministers want to make the great schools game harder to play

In campaigning for this week's election he poured cold water on the idea of a two-state solution, arguing that the moderate Palestinians are for the foreseeable future too weak to be good neighbours if Israel were to pull its soldiers and settlers out of the West Bank.

ECONOMIST: Israel and the Arabs