> this thing is good as long as we don't produce enough to actually make a difference This is business, not charity. Suitable locations in the coast that aren'

> this thing is good as long as we don't produce enough to actually make a difference This is business, not charity. Suitable locations in the coast that aren't occupied yet by other sectors and are affordable are more rare than a silver unicorn and they are vanishing by climate change. This are cold climate species and like 90% of the seaweed forests in N Spain vanished in 20 years by warmer water for example. Manipulating the offer and keeping it low is how you can sell your product at a high price and recover the investment plus a benefit. Is done by everybody and their grandma since thousands of years so, maybe is not so stupid. There are Chinese type traditional seaweed production based in brown algae, and Japanese type seaweed production based in red algae. They aren't the same products and don't taste the same. Both coexist by targeting different customers. In fact a part of the Palmaria "Chinese" seaweed is cultured to feed crabs, that are the real product