I think that you are changing subject somewhat. Seaweed or rice production is a completely different matter than unchecked algae production in our oceans. Our sweet water supplies start to be a finite resource that needs to be guarded in all ways. We can live without oil, but drinking water is essential for our survival. Keith knows a lot about this and since I am from a country (Sweden) with an abundance of clean water, I take the rights to clean water as for granted.
Hakan At 11:37 AM 10/15/2002 +0000, you wrote: >Well large-scale seaweed cultivation has been going on in east asia >for centuries. China is currently the world's largest producer >cultivating over 4 million tonnes annually. The worldwide total is >nearly 7 million tonnes of seaweed. Check out the photo... > >http://seaweed.ucg.ie/cultivation/nori_cultivation_scans/PorphyraNets. >jpg > >I don't think it is adversely affecting the climate. In some cases >seaweed produced is used as feed in polyculture activities, to >increase fish stocks. > >Compared to some of the ideas out there for replacing/reducing >petroleum consumption, seaweed cultivation is positively low-tech and >in my opinion, fairly benign. > > > >--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], murdoch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > These very grand ideas, while they can be fun to engage in, can >often > > bring with them a certain sustained ignoring of the Precautionary > > Principle. So I think that would be a basis for cogent criticism as > > well. I think this is inherent to your criticism, I am just stating > > it more broadly, explicitly: > > > > Proposals for global-scale new ways of doing things should be > > subjected to peer-activist-review, as best we can, to find ways that > > they might have drawbacks from a Global Earth Science standpoint. > > Criticisms which arise, I would say, should not be regarded as valid > > reasons to dismiss the ideas out-of-hand necessarily, but should be > > given some due consideration. > > > > In this case, I agree that the oceans and the energy incident upon > > them are firmly inter-twined in our present global ecosystem and >that > > a global-scale project for changing that setup could be hazardous to > > our health. IMO, of course. > > > > MM > > > > > > >> > Well, I don't think any more of that than I did last week, or >was > > >>it > > >> > last month. As then, I think the last thing we need is large- >scale > > >> > messing with the ocean surfaces to produce gargantuan amounts >of > > >> > energy to support a wasteful and unsustainable lifestyle. As >Hakan > > >> > pointed out last time you aired this, or was it the time >before, > > >>the > > >> > oceans are much more sensitive to disruptive factors than the > > >> > atmosphere is, and we're seeing where that has got us. Do you >want > > >>to > > >> > double the damage? > > >> > > > >> > But it still seems to me you take no notice of anybody else's > > >>opinion > > >> > unless it agrees with you. > > >> > > > >> > Keith > > > >Biofuel at Journey to Forever: >http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > >Biofuels list archives: >http://archive.nnytech.net/ > >Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. >To unsubscribe, send an email to: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Sell a Home with Ease! http://us.click.yahoo.com/SrPZMC/kTmEAA/MVfIAA/FGYolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
