From: "James Annan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Newsgroups: gmane.science.general.global-change To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, October 24, 2008 12:42 AM Subject: [Global Change: 2950] Re: Ocean Iron Fertilization
>>> >>> http://www.livescience.com/environment/081019-cyclones-carbon.html >>> >> > > Um...no, as I read this it is basically talking about soil erosion > carrying down the soil carbon content to the ocean where a lot of it may > be expected to sink. But even with my relatively sanguine attitude (at > least compared to some) I find it hard to see increased soil erosion > from storms as a good thing. This seems a very weak silver lining to > that particular cloud! > > I've already suggested burial of biomass at sea (via floating rafts of > genetically-engineered coconut trees, if you must know) but apparently > there is a worrying issue of interference in the natural biochemistry of > the ocean as at least some of the organic matter will decay leading to > an oxygen debt and other nasty consequences. > > James I see. My understanding would have been aided considerably by reading the article before responding. Coconut shells make excellent charcoal. Step 1: pyrolyze the coconut trees, collect fees for pyrolysis products. Step 2: use the charcoal to filter water, collect water filtration fee. Step 3: dump the used charcoal in the sea, collect carbon sequestration fee. Presumably black carbon would be more resistant to decay? If that's too disruptive to ocean chemistry, my preference would be to dump the used charcoal on land in abandoned mines & quarrys. Thanks, -dl --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Global Change ("globalchange") newsgroup. Global Change is a public, moderated venue for discussion of science, technology, economics and policy dimensions of global environmental change. Posts will be admitted to the list if and only if any moderator finds the submission to be constructive and/or interesting, on topic, and not gratuitously rude. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/globalchange -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
