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Politics : The Environmentalist Thread
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To: Sam who wrote (16431)9/27/2007 9:49:24 AM
From: Hawkmoon  Read Replies (2) of 36917
 
Hawk, [sigh]

Sam.. (sigh)... I'm just trying to figure out why you, and other GW'ers, don't want to acknowledge the impact that plankton depletion has upon rising atmopheric CO2.

But you continue to cling to the notion that CO2 levels are rising due to man's increasing production of the gas.. not because of reduced ability for "Gaia" earth's imbalance in the ocean nutrients for maintaining phytoplankton growth.

You can't have a 20-30% reduction in phytoplankton growth in the oceans and NOT have a CO2 increase.

Because whether you believe it or not, the ocean's where the solution to any rise in atmospheric CO2 will lie.. Because 60,000 Gigatons of CO2 sequestration take place in the oceans compared to only 2,000 GTs on land and any problems in the oceanic CO2 cycle are going to have a major impact on CO2 levels.

But all that I'm asking is for you to just please acknowledge the fact.

I'm not asking you to advocate "artificial" fertilization of the oceans.. just that ALREADY depleted nutrients are reducing the ability of phytoplankton to grow in sufficient quantities to maintain CO2 balances are previous levels.

Then you can decide whether you choose to suggest that mankind has to reduce CO2 production to balance out the ocean's ability to absorb it.

But if you're going to treat the patient, first you have to understand what the disease is.

Hawk
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