Re:Ask HN: Companies/non profits working against climate change
by maxbond on Tuesday September 22, 2020 @08:31PM
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> I was thinking about doing a kickstarter to rent a boat and seed the oceans with iron
Maybe don't though.
- Phytoplankton blooms are often environmentally and economically harmful
- There's no actual guarantee you'll sequester carbon.
- Consider that the biomass may end up in an anaerobic environment and digested into methane. Now you've converted carbon dioxide into a greenhouse gas 23x more powerful.
- Iron may well not be the limiting factor in that part of the ocean & you'll just release carbon from your exhaust
- How much carbon did it take to create this iron?
Edit: That being said, I do think that we should look to the Azolla Event as a model for how significant drawdown can be accomplished in a short timescale - but in controlled environments, not the ocean.
Maybe don't though.
- Phytoplankton blooms are often environmentally and economically harmful
- There's no actual guarantee you'll sequester carbon.
Edit: That being said, I do think that we should look to the Azolla Event as a model for how significant drawdown can be accomplished in a short timescale - but in controlled environments, not the ocean.