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To: Archie Meeties who wrote (4886)	6/8/2008 3:12:58 AM
From: Gary Mohilner	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 16955

I know there's been discussions of a massive iron dump over the sterile parts of the ocean, and it could certainly work, but to be sustained it would have to be sustained, presumably from aircraft routinely spreading it. With the nutrients readily available roughly 400 feet down it really doesn't take that much energy to bring it up. Virtually tens of thousands of small platforms, perhaps the size of a big truck tire could have sufficent solar cells and/or wind generators that operated pumps that would essentially continuously bring nutrients up to the surface. Depending on how sophisticated you want to build the platform they could probably be built for well under $100K each, but by spending somewhat more they could not only be more self sufficient, they could also transmit weather data, psunami warnings, etc. If they use a pump to bring up the nutrients, directing it can also propel the unit permitting it to cover a greater area while remaining in a programmed part of the ocean. For a quick fix use the aircraft with iron filings, but for a long term solution take advantage of the nutrients that are already there and save the cost of the iron filings and the aircraft that would have to distribute it. JMHO. Gary