From: Stig (stig_at_hackvan.com)
Date: 08/29/95
From: stig_at_hackvan.com (Stig) Date: Tue, 29 Aug 1995 19:46:44 -0700 Subject: Re: technomadic homestead
In <199508031612.AA09100_at_interlock.arinc.com>, jgerard_at_arinc.com wrote...
>
> 2) If this city were of any considerable size, it must be considered what the
> effects would be on the ocean biome to have polluted by trash and noise
> (probably), and having its sunlight virtually cut off until the city moves on.
> Plankton die-off might be a problem, but then again I'm no biologist.
>
WARNING WARNING: Completely tangential anecdote:
Researchers have determined that the factor which limits algae growth in the
world's oceans is the concentration of IRON. This was front page news about
two months ago... A bunch of marine biologists dumped about 2 tons of iron
dust into a large patch of the Pacific Ocean, with the result that the ocean
turned totally green with blue-green algae... The [in]famous quote from the
researcher that started all of this a few years ago was, I believe, "Give me
a tanker full of iron and I'll give you an ice age." The ocean's algae
population is primarily responsible for converting CO2 to O2, which counters
the "greenhouse effect."
Stig
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