Russ George is a California businessman with a big idea: you give him some money and he will seed the ocean with iron, causing phytoplankton to grow. The process is called Iron fertilization, and is designed to take carbon out of the atmosphere to help you mitigate your contribution
to global warming. It is one of a number of business ideas that have grown out of the global demand for carbon trading schemes, and it’s becoming a big business.
http://www.loe.org/series/series.html?seriesID=27
A controversial American businessman dumped around 100 tonnes of iron sulphate into the Pacific Ocean as part of a geoengineering scheme off the west coast of Canada in July, a Guardian investigation can reveal. Lawyers, environmentalists and civil society groups are calling it a "blatant violation" of two international moratoria and the news is likely to spark outrage at a United Nations environmental summit taking place in India this week.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/oct/15/pacific-iron-fertilisation-geoengineering
By: joe prole
In: World News, Science and Technology, Nature
Tags: Ocean fertilization, Geoengineering
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Iron fertilization has also occurred in other oceans as well for over 15 years. What is really interesting now is the huge financial incentive with the carbon tax trade-offs, and the internal fight of Gaia-worshipers vs for-profit venturers.
On a higher level, it's another great example of unintended consequences of environmental policies run amuk -- dump tons of iron into the ocean, raking in shiploads of money -- without proof of its grand scheme.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_fertiliza More..
Posted Oct-17-2012 Byjoe prole (1639.10) 
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@joe prole Their response when the shit hits the fan,"but, we meant well though".
Posted Oct-17-2012 ByLimitedTime (212.60) 
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gaia i love it,,,
Posted Oct-17-2012 Bybostonbakedbean (242.10) 
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@joe prole Horrible, and to think that they do test but keep that information from the public if it will cut profits direct or indirectly.
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100 metric ton is absolutely nothing in the world ocean. There is more nuclear waste in the oceans.
Posted Oct-17-2012 Bynutsflipped (2039.60) 
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When will MANFUCKINGKIND learn to LEAVE SHIT ALONE!!!!!
Ocean fertilization. Yeah, right.
Posted Oct-17-2012 ByLimitedTime (212.60) 
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lol isn't the ocean littered with iron ships that sank over 200 years ago?
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They were mostly wood up to around late 1800s. But you're right about shipwrecks around the world; there are over 3 million of all construction materials.
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@joe prole -The vid made me think, so i looked the iron ship building era up before posting. I did not know they where still made from wood underneath, thanks for sharing.
Posted Oct-18-2012 ByDimens (27.08) 
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what a tool, leave nature the fuck alone.. every time humans go meddling we fuck shit up.
Posted Oct-17-2012 Bynerocon (110.36) 
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@MrScabs I fucking hate Monsanto, wish I had the ability to do something about it too but dam they are DEEP in our governments ass..
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This is more of the utter stupidity that is being enabled by the myth of some impending ecocatastrophe that is never actually going to fucking happen.
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blow me when you show me
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trees love co2
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