Would You Like Lime With That

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[blackened144]

I dont know what the Greenies problem with CO2 is. My friend out in Cali pumps CO2 in their greenhouse to get their plants to bloom faster, bigger, and better.. The more CO2 the better plants do, up to 4 times the current levels in the atmosphere.. Wouldnt have be a good thing?

 

[blackened144]

I dont know what the Greenies problem with CO2 is. My friend out in Cali pumps CO2 in their greenhouse to get their plants to bloom faster, bigger, and better.. The more CO2 the better plants do, up to 4 times the current levels in the atmosphere.. Wouldnt have be a good thing?

 

[Guest]

"Tim Kruger, a management and consultant ant at London firm Corven is the brains behind the lime resurrection process."

Love those consultant ants, real professionals.

 

[CJDavE]

"The addition of lime to seawater decreases the alkalinity"

You'd think that Ca(OH)2 would _increase_ alkalinity therefore allowing the water to absorb more CO2...

 

[TwoDigital]

Did anyone bother to spend HALF as much money as they wasted on this lime study to figure out what the heck all that extra ACID poured into the ocean may have on the millions of species of animals that live in it? I don't buy the notion that additionally adding calcium hydroxide will "magically" nullify it.

I'd have to agree with blackened that CO2 is not a huge concern according to most accredited PhD climatologists. Before people go running around like chickens with their heads cut off, please look into the effect that WATER VAPOR and changes in the solar winds have on climate change on the planet (estimated to be 75% - 90% of the climate change we see today.)

 

[martel80]

I don't buy the notion that additionally adding calcium hydroxide will "magically" nullify it.

It's called "chemistry", not "magic".
If I'm not mistaken, it is the same reaction that causes mortar and concrete to harden and hold your house together. No magic involved.

 

[CJDavE]

[citation][nom]martel80[/nom]It's called "chemistry", not "magic".[/citation]

How many trillions of tons of lime would you need to even make a dent in the chemistry of the oceans? It'd be 'magical' if we could even start to change it.