Sucking co2 out of the atmosphere?
i have been thinking recently about a story i heard a few years ago. a scientist in small rowing boat accidentally dropped a small beaker of iron solution of some sort in the water. within a very short space of time the entire ocean around him went thick with algae. he immediately thought, "oh no, i've destroyed the local environment i was here to study.". his second thought was, "wait a second, thats several thousand tons of co2 sucked out of the atmosphere.".
algae is an important part of the food pyramid and there is far too much co2 in the atmosphere. would it be feasable to send ships out to deep sea where iron levels are low and create large quantities of algae where lifeforms can feed on it boosting hopefully fish stocks and helping to offset the rising co2 levels.
i have also found out that algae can be harvested for its bio oil something like 50% of its mass.
can anyone give scientific answers to these ideas
2006-11-12
21:56:58
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davidtrueofvoice
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