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hatrack

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10. Yes, the part that never gets mentioned when sulfate injection is discussed . . .

Reply to GliderGuider (Reply #7)

Fri Apr 14, 2017, 04:08 PM

Apr 2017

And considering the percentage of the planet's oxygen that comes from phytoplankton (70%), "short-sighted" doesn't even start to capture the stupidity entrained therein.

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about time GreenGreenLimaBean Apr 2017 #5

Yes, because nothing could POSSIBLY go wrong, and we know EXACTLY what we're doing hatrack Apr 2017 #6

yes we do, we are melting the planet GreenGreenLimaBean Apr 2017 #8

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I wonder how this is going to reduce ocean acidification? GliderGuider Apr 2017 #7

Yes, the part that never gets mentioned when sulfate injection is discussed . . . hatrack Apr 2017 #10

There are probably countless & unquantifiably complex ecosystem variables that would interplay and JudyM Apr 2017 #12

This only makes things worse caraher Apr 2017 #11