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Old 25-November-2006, 12:57 AM
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Originally Posted by Ronald Brak View Post
It's a serious suggestion, aslthough it might not be good for the ozone layer. I recall an estimate that said something like 40 billion dollars a year spent on areosols could have a significant impact on global temperatures. Currently I think that money would be better spent on replaceing fossil fuels in transport and electrical generation, or possibly sequestering carbon through seeding the southern ocean with iron and/or changing agricultural practices since that's more of a long term solution with less possilbly nasty side effects such as increased acid rain.
I saw some discussion of the iron seeding proposal a year or better ago. The theory was good but the application was not realistic. How many boats would have to do the seeding to make a difference? AND, what affect would the process have on the oceans?

David Davis
Toledo, OR 97391
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