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Politics : Politics of Energy
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To: Sam who wrote (9025)6/4/2009 10:25:12 PM
From: Hawkmoon  Read Replies (1) of 86356
 
Yes.. no doubt there will be acidification of the oceans if the WRONG KIND of algae are permitted to grow. The tons of nitrates and other fertilizers we're pouring into the oceans do not foster diatomic phytoplankton most inclined to sequester CO2 at the ocean floor.

That's why it's KEY to capture the carbon via phytoplankton, and develop the means to transit to the ocean floor in a solid form (waste product).

Hence, the use of ocean salps to harvest phytoplankton, consume it, and deposit the carbon via their feces to the ocean bottom.

And AGAIN, if the oceans are so acidic, then why are phytoplankton (diatoms) blooming like crazy when you fertilize them with a bit of iron powder and silica?

Hawk
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