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Why don't we just scale them in the oceans?
by chasil 4y ago
Why don't we just scale them in the oceans?
- psadri 4y agoThat might disturb the ocean ecosystem.
- chasil 4y agoAnd these trees don't?
- FourHand451 4y agoI think the larger point is that there isn't a simple, obvious, "Why don't we just do XYZ?" solution to the problems being discussed here.
- psadri 4y agoI agree anything we do at scale will affect the ecosystem. However, restoring an ecosystem to a previous state seems less risky than changing oceans to a new state.
- sieabahlpark 4y ago[dead]
- schainks 4y agoMaintaining things sitting in the ocean is still expensive. You can’t send robots out, you must send humans. Oil rigs are worthwhile just because they can be turned on/off relatively easily depending on market conditions and when they are on, they mint so much money that expensive humans are a rounding error.
- johnsillings 4y agoWhy can't you send robots out?
- SuoDuanDao 4y agoThere are plans to add (I believe) iron oxide to the oceans to increase algae growth. Don't recall the organization's name right now.
- minsc_and_boo 4y agoI hope not. You can permanently alter (i.e. for decades) the climate in a region by creating an algae bloom.