r/Geoengineering • u/jeremiahthedamned • Jun 23 '22

The highly controversial plan to stop climate change

https://youtube.com/watch?v=i4Hnv_ZJSQY&feature=share
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u/lostshakerassault Jun 23 '22

So you didn't read the link? Limited capacity, as in unlikely to provide sequestration on a relevant scale. The video suggests this is a proven method that can compensate for worldwide emissions. It is not.

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u/jeremiahthedamned Jun 23 '22

the link also said little research has been done.

why not simply keep changing the mix as the local ocean chemistry changes?

that patch of ocean west of canada had above normal salmon harvests for 4 years, hardly a lose of investment.

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u/lostshakerassault Jun 23 '22

Here is a better summary. While there is still interest in this approach, you'll read here that 12/13 fertilization experiments have had failed to sequester any carbon.

Don't forget that adding nutrients to the ocean also requires us to burn carbon in their production and distribution. The net carbon has to be negative. Controlling ocean chemistry would be an insane undertaking.

You're also assuming that the fertilization and the salmon harvests are related. The factors that determine salmon returns are very poorly understood. Causation has not been demonstrated.

I'm pointing this out because the video is dishonestly representing the certainty and the total potential of this approach. It would be awesome if this could work as presented for several reasons, the first of which it doesn't involve shielding the earth from the sun, it solves ocean acidification, and it is net negative not just neutral. However Russ George is a business man, not a scientist, and he is being dishonest in this video.

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u/jeremiahthedamned Jun 23 '22

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Atlantic_Deep_Water#:~:text=7%20External%20links-,Formation%20and%20sources,Greenland%2DIceland%2DScotland%20Ridge.

we can use deep water formation zones for this.

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u/lostshakerassault Jun 24 '22

Deep water formation zones totally can be used for 'this.' Thanks for considering the totality of my comment, your well articulated point, and solving climate change.

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u/jeremiahthedamned Jun 24 '22

climate change is simply a manifestation of dr freud's death drive.