Actually I have material on ocean fertilization, including iron, going
back to 1978 or so. Co-evolution quarterly had a design for a green ship
that delivered both fertilizer and a seed stock of algy and fish
fingerling. This combination gives you much more ecological control.
I'll see if I can find it; though my kid brother has just moved in and
the storage situation here has become chaotic.
Jones Beene wrote:
Well, that sound-byte is a bit disingenuous, as Russ has "borrowed"
the (unpatented) idea and experimental results of the late John
Martin, who was less optimistic about the outcome ... JM was former
director of:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moss_Landing_Marine_Laboratories
... and one assumes (hopes) that George would give credit to Martin at
some point in the process ... whether Martin's estate would win or
share in the prize is unclear. I think some of the personnel from
Martin's Moss Landing team are the same in any event.
Martin's issued a caution regarding Global Warming consequences.
Before getting too enamored with the implications of those successful
iron fertilization experiments - which have been in the public record
for 16 years - one must face several caveats.
http://www.csa.com/discoveryguides/oceangard/overview.php#n27
Though iron fertilization may be one of several effective method of
lessening the impact of global warming by increasing algae growth, and
CO2 uptake, the scientific evidence is incomplete and suggests there
may be unintended consequences, especially at the scale necessary for
global change. Of course if the Algae were harvested as an oil
substitute - then that would probably help immensely, but just growing
it without harvesting as R George is proposing - is not sufficient.
Methane BTW is a far more worrisome threat than CO2, being twenty
times more potent as a greenhouse gas and the Arctic (vast areas of
Siberia Canada, Alaska) is now releasing much more of it than anyone
ever thought possible - so perhaps that gas should be addressed first
- big prize or not.
Jed Rothwell wrote:
Russ sez he can sequester carbon. Here is a direct link to the vid,
from Tom Valone:
www.planktos.com/media/rg_kgo_small.wmv
- Jed
