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Old 23-03-2009, 09:13 PM
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Re: The Big Question: Is there a technological solution to the problem of global warm

The one proposed "fix", seeding the seas with iron, seems not to be an option - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7959570.stm- indeed many think that the idea would be very dangerous and counter-productive.

Basically engineers have a very simplistic view of life: all processes can be reduced to simple formulae .... whereas life-processes are very different, complex and not really understood, even by the best of ecologists. Which is why biologists would urge caution - and drown all engineers in the sea!
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