A massive and illegal geoengineering project has been detected off Canada’s west coast

io9 ^ | 16 Oct 2012 | George Dvorsky

[Theoria]

George is hoping to cash in on lucrative carbon credits.

World's biggest geoengineering experiment 'violates' UN rules

[rfp1234]

Good. The plankton will feed those starving whales.

[PhiloBedo]

One unintended consequence may be higher levels of methane due to increased whale flatulence.

[Mr. Jeeves]

Critics say it is a "blatant violation" of United Nations rules...

AKA, the international equivalent of taping a "Kick Me" sign on the hall monitor's back. :)

[MetaThought]

“...raised concerns that it can irreparably harm ocean ecosystems, produce toxic tides and lifeless waters, and worsen ocean acidification ...”

I guess we’ll find out soon enough.

[DonaldC]

Ocean acidification is the latest scare technique.

[Flightdeck]

Whatever the details of this project are, the United Nations has less authority than an anthill.

[montag813]

"Plankton, and sea greens and protein from the sea!"

[samtheman]

A) There is no global warming problem

B) the powers that be don’t want a global warming solution like this, even if there was a global warming problem

C) only leftist fanatics are allowed to make money off of phony-baloney things like “carbon credits”

[Buckeye McFrog]

Critics say it is a "blatant violation" of United Nations rules

The U.N. will have to send him a very sternly worded letter then.

[TigersEye]

George is hoping to cash in on lucrative carbon credits.

LOL Pay up, Algore!

I would call this bio-engineering not geo-engineering FWIW.

Glowbull Warming ping.

[veracious]

Post mortem: during the 2010’s, man began numerous large legislative and engineering efforts to alter the ecology of planet earth. These efforts were thought by some to address assumptions that something was wrong with said ecosystem.

By 2017, the resulting changes to the ecosystem and the global economy had started having real impact, causing massive upheaval to human life, economically and environmentally. One impact was the great famine of 2017, which lasted until 2024. By 2020 most survivors had sold everything they owned, to the emerging god like powers, who had become rulers over the earth, during the upheavals.

[Lee'sGhost]

Logan’s Run?

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

I think this is hilarious.

To start with, these waters are almost sterile because of the lack of iron needed as a nutrient, so a little bit goes a long way.

However, the bit about carbon sequestration is utter hooey.

But something *is* being accomplished that will likely cause chaos, not with the environment, but with environmentalists.

That is, when you create a profusion of “low level life”, like plankton, the end results is progressive bulges of life up the food chain. In this case, first of the small creatures that eat plankton, then of the small creatures that eat the small creatures. Then larger creatures on up the totem pole.

The end result will likely be something of a population explosion among fish. And that throws the eco-nuts off schedule, because they want to end fishing.

[Average Al]

Now we know why we had droughts this year! ;-)

[TigersEye]

If I see a man wearin' a blue helmet I shoot the man wearin' it!

[Rebelbase]

[blam]

"AKA, the international equivalent of taping a "Kick Me" sign on the hall monitor's back. :) "

Thanks.

The hair on the back of my neck stood up when I read that too.

Screw he UN!

[Marine_Uncle]

"LOL Pay up, Algore!"
ROLF! Pretty good.

[rottndog]

Experts contend that the project violates the UN's convention on biological diversity (CBD) and London convention on the dumping of wastes at sea, which both prohibit for-profit ocean fertilisation activities.


That for-profit thing is what's really pi$$ing the econazis off. Gaia forbid someone comes up with a solution to a problem and makes a buck to boot.