Re: [Vo]:Russ George in New York Times

2007-05-04 Thread thomas malloy
Jones Beene wrote: By George, laddies, it doesn' make much sense to force an algae bloom and not harvest it. Obviously that is too ambitious a plan to pull-off from day one - but looking ahead a few years ... (here is another idea for Russ to borrow) Call me crazy (or call me Ishmael)

Re: [Vo]:Russ George in New York Times

2007-05-04 Thread Terry Blanton
On 5/3/07, Jones Beene [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Side note: Speaking if windy tales, whales and ishmaels, there is a strange kind of unifying factor over there where Ish was born. The (non-Melvillian) Ishmael was Abraham's eldest son, born near Baghdad. Uruk to be exact. Ackshully the legend

Re: [Vo]:Russ George in New York Times

2007-05-04 Thread Jones Beene
Terry, looking to buy a new Hybrid Vimana The second image down on this page: http://www.crystalinks.com/vedic.html ... shows an ancient vimana that looks suspiciously like one of those so-called black helicopters: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_helicopters More fantastic still is the

Re: [Vo]:Russ George in New York Times

2007-05-04 Thread Robin van Spaandonk
In reply to Jones Beene's message of Fri, 04 May 2007 07:06:01 -0700: Hi, [snip] Terry, looking to buy a new Hybrid Vimana I'd be happy with a second hand antique one. :) The second image down on this page: http://www.crystalinks.com/vedic.html ... shows an ancient vimana that looks

Re: [Vo]:Russ George in New York Times

2007-05-03 Thread Robin van Spaandonk
In reply to Jed Rothwell's message of Tue, 01 May 2007 11:46:40 -0400: Hi, [snip] or 2,912 square nautical miles). When the trace iron prompts growth and reproduction of the tiny organism, scientists on the WeatherBird II plan to measure how much carbon dioxide the plankton ingests. Wrong

Re: [Vo]:Russ George in New York Times

2007-05-03 Thread Michel Jullian
: Thursday, May 03, 2007 11:48 PM Subject: Re: [Vo]:Russ George in New York Times In reply to Jed Rothwell's message of Tue, 01 May 2007 11:46:40 -0400: Hi, [snip] or 2,912 square nautical miles). When the trace iron prompts growth and reproduction of the tiny organism, scientists on the WeatherBird II

Re: [Vo]:Russ George in New York Times

2007-05-03 Thread Nick Palmer
Hi Michel/Robin - the most significant thing about some plankton is that they are coccoliths ie they form calcium carbonate skeletons which end up as chalk etc - permanent removal of CO2. In fact, they are a major negative influence on CO2 levels by absorbing volcanic derived CO2 and preventing

Re: [Vo]:Russ George in New York Times

2007-05-03 Thread Jones Beene
By George, laddies, it doesn' make much sense to force an algae bloom and not harvest it. Obviously that is too ambitious a plan to pull-off from day one - but looking ahead a few years ... (here is another idea for Russ to borrow) Call me crazy (or call me Ishmael) but... wouldn't the ideal

[Vo]:Russ George in New York Times

2007-05-01 Thread Jed Rothwell
See: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/01/business/01plankton.html?ref=science May 1, 2007 The Energy Challenge Recruiting Plankton to Fight Global Warming By MATT RICHTEL SAN FRANCISCO, April 30 ­ Can plankton help save the planet? Some Silicon Valley technocrats are betting that it just