Revving up the Ocean's engine, to drive carbon to the depths of the deep blue sea.
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Ocean Iron Fertilization
Simply put, the concept is this: Fertilize the ocean with iron, algae grows and gobbles up carbon, and then sinks to the deep dark depths of the ocean, taking carbon on a hundred year plus vacation to the depths, and out of our atmosphere. The concept isn't new, the earth has been doing it naturally for years.
I was introduced to the controversy of the concept via Planktos, the carbon cowboys. Essentially, this company, with limited funding, sought to dump first, ask questions later. The lack of funding, lack of research, and lack of respect for international laws and regs, had this environmentalist shaking in her waders.
So I dug a little deeper. In my heart I knew that something big has to be done. Alternative energies are great, but what about the billions of tons of carbon we've already dumped into our fragile atmosphere? We are treading on thin ice, literally, and we need a solution.
But the cowboys were crazy! Was anyone researching and persuing this concept with the scientific care it deserves?
Ahhh, enter Climos, a company with a conscious (I think), and a drive to make things right. Setting the standards high to do this the right way, or not at all...
Simply put, the concept is this: Fertilize the ocean with iron, algae grows and gobbles up carbon, and then sinks to the deep dark depths of the ocean, taking carbon on a hundred year plus vacation to the depths, and out of our atmosphere. The concept isn't new, the earth has been doing it naturally for years.
I was introduced to the controversy of the concept via Planktos, the carbon cowboys. Essentially, this company, with limited funding, sought to dump first, ask questions later. The lack of funding, lack of research, and lack of respect for international laws and regs, had this environmentalist shaking in her waders.
So I dug a little deeper. In my heart I knew that something big has to be done. Alternative energies are great, but what about the billions of tons of carbon we've already dumped into our fragile atmosphere? We are treading on thin ice, literally, and we need a solution.
But the cowboys were crazy! Was anyone researching and persuing this concept with the scientific care it deserves?
Ahhh, enter Climos, a company with a conscious (I think), and a drive to make things right. Setting the standards high to do this the right way, or not at all...
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- onepeacefullight
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