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To: Land Shark who wrote (50967)	5/9/2014 2:16:45 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Respond to of 86355

This was my point you nitwit, that fertilization would have to done frequently making any program VERY expensive It cost $35,000 (at today's cost via Alibaba) in Iron Sulphate for the Haida tribe to create a phytoplankton bloom equal to half the state of Massachusetts, which lead to near quadrupling of the Salmon harvest last year. The economic benefit from harvesting 226 million Salmon equates to a HUGE economic boom for fishermen. Japan, BY ITSELF OVER THE PAST SIX YEARS, has spent $78 Billion on Global Warming research.. businessinsider.com; Don't talk to me about the economic cost of augmenting what is a NATURAL PROCESS of Iron deposition into the oceans. Even a SMALL portion of that money could have created a HUGE dent in the augmentation of phytoplankton populations in the oceans, as well as augmenting the marine food chain. Again, Only a MORON would try and avoid admitting that a 40% reduction in Phytoplankton over the past 64 years doesn't have a MASSIVE impact on both CO2 sequestration, as well as starving Marine life. Are you a Moron? Yes or No? As for how the process is conducted, basic logic says that any Iron that is deposited in the oceans must be a fine (powdery) as possible in order to create as much surface area, as well as surface suspension in the ocean waters. I'm talking even finer than Volcanic ash.. And btw, there is a plethora of volcanic ash that can be utilized.. it's not pure Iron, but we've seen where fallout from volcanic eruptions results in huge Phytoplankton blooms (Mt. Pinatubo.. Mt. Eyjafjallajökull.. etc), "This was really the first time scientists have been under a volcanic plume at sea and could really look at the immediate effects of the ash falling into the ocean," Achterberg said. "That was really exciting, doing something that's never been done before." livescience.com Get that? NEVER BEEN DONE BEFORE.. The level of research that has been conducted on how volcanic ash spurs phytoplankton growth is practically non-existent. It can be READILY simulated by taking existing deposits of Volcanic Ash (plenty of it here in Indonesia) and spreading it around to perform proper studies. The crap is a waste product here.. although it makes great fertilizer for the local jungles. But you HAVE TO DO THE RESEARCH. It will have to be done on a regular basis.. No one has argued otherwise.. But it's quite possible that by using the smallest possible Iron particles, it's bio-availability will be extended at the surface before it eventually sinks. And that TEMPORARY aspect of it only begs the question as to why everyone is so worried? Do the research, tax the fisherman for their extra harvest, (who would be happy to pay it to have bigger harvests) which will be paid by the consumer of that fish at the market (because the increased supply of fish will lower the price).. It's self-funding.. NO-BRAINER!! Regardless of whether it has a dramatic impact on CO2 levels (although I suspect that it will if done extensively), it will give us a greater understanding of the process.. It will feed our starving fisheries, as well as the people who eat the fish that are harvested.. People are going to fish until they have no more fish to catch.. I see it personally here in Indonesia where Fish is a basic staple (along with Rice).. They will not stop eating it until they can no longer afford it (and even then they will sacrifice other things in order to eat fish).. So stop banging your head against the wall trying to regulate the activities of billions of people who are going to tell you to p*ss off.. Be Zen.. Work with Nature.. Help Nature to help itself.. Hawk