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To: Archie Meeties who wrote (4896)	6/9/2008 2:32:53 PM
From: sageyrain	Respond to of 16955

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To: Archie Meeties who wrote (4896)	6/10/2008 2:30:18 AM
From: Gary Mohilner	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 16955

I will admit to knowing nothing about what they can develop with iron, nor do I know how much normal shipping lanes cover these areas, of whether something like a fertilizer spreader can be adapted to all sorts of ships. I believe the costs of all these things, and all the iron compound you're talking about, and perhaps getting ships to go far further to cover areas not currently covered are greater you think. I believe the self sustained floats I'm suggesting could actually be built for tens of thousands if you don't get too exotic in the electronics included, but spending more could provide a lot of information not related to the primary mission of the floats. To me, the nutrients already found in the oceans depth are known to provide the nutrician that all sorts of ocean based plants and animals require. Upwelling occurs naturally in many places and both plant and animal florish. I don't know the same will occur with just some sort of compounded iron. Perhaps it's worth a trial, but I'd like to see what the artificial upwelling could produce as well, and over time if these units are well built they'll need almost no service and can provide the needed nutrients indefinitely. I don't know that the iron ligand you're suggesting won't prove a problem with animal life in the oceans, though I don't know it will, I'd hate to learn it after this stuff is spread all over the oceans surface and all sorts of animals start dying. Another question worth considering before a massive distribution of you iron ligand, will it absorb greater sunlight essentially warming the oceans surface more. If that were the case it would contribute to more than just global warming, the warmer waters would also feed storms, perhaps hurricanes. Bringing nutrient from the bottom of the ocean will slightly cool the surface, I don't believe the temperature could be brought down to levels where Hurricanes couldn't spawn, but perhaps the numbers of Category 4 and 5 storms will be reduced. Gary