I present to you the solution to climate change. It may be a blunt and contestable statement, but it is less contestable than the statements of those that do not believe in climate change, or think it is minor issue. Seaweed is the solution. I am not the first to think of this, the idea runs the risk of becoming part of the Kyoto Protocol. Check out this article.
"It was shown that the quantity of the carbon absorbed by marine plants was very large. Especially, absorbed carbon by seaweed cultivation are removed from the ocean by harvesting, and never returned until they are consumed" (Muraoka 2004)
Growing seaweed can be ramped up in no time. At the end of this year the world could be growing billions of tons of seaweed per month. The investment can start with next to nothing and there are profits to be made.
Every ocean has types of seaweed that grow fast.
Seaweed is low tech. There are no innovative discoveries necessary to grow seaweed. Anyone can do it, and when done large scale it is an awsome source of food, fuel, fertilizer and other products.
Seaweed can grow out of sight, in huge unpopulated areas called oceans. Extraterritorial if necessary.
Seaweed can save the oceans. Where they grow the create an environment for fish to live in. They reduce the acidity of water by processing CO2 into O2.
Seaweed produces food, fuel and fertilizer. Seaweed can store carbon and can be used to sequester carbon. It is the only quick way to let nature absorb the excess carbon that will be produced and keep athmospheric concentrations below diseaster levels.
To capture as much CO2 from the oceans and athmosphere growing as much seaweed as we can. Some of the produce and be commercialized, but that is not the driving force behind the effort. Investors need to be motivated by the carbon capture effects, environmental benefits and self sustaining nature of the project. We will not apply for CDM credits because that will mean the emission rights we sell will lead to carbon being emitted elsewhere. The project will produce food, fuel, fertilizer and fish farmed inthe region.
According to a Japanese study by Masahiro Notoya of the University of Tokyo the yield for the area in the picture (1047 x 1047 km) would be 317,453,854 dry metric tonnes of seaweed absorbing 191.670.251 metric tons of carbon (ref Muraoka 2004). Only the Pacific Ocean could absorb ALL carbon emitted per year.
What are the steps?
Experts, donators and enthousiast inform us of their support and willingness to participate
Pacific islands and extraterritorial water autoirities are informed
First pontoons are dragged to centers of the two pacific plastic waste gyri
Fabrication of foating monoline seaweed in bamboo squares
Initiation of fish/shrimp/seaweed farming for nutritional value, fuel and carbon capture
Initiation of mid ocean floating bed bamboo growing
Expansion based on capacity and experience from the center of the gyri outward