re: #112 Capitalist Tool

Actually, there was some guy who realized that iron added to seawater acts as a catalyst of sorts for mineral uptake by various algal and phytoplanktonic growth, which is true.
He actually devised a scheme to spread iron in the Pacific to spur the growth of algae, etc, which would grow and sequester carbon on a massive scale and eventually die and sink to the depths, taking the carbon with them.
He hired and loaded a ship with several tons of microfine iron is some form and was prevented from putting to sea at the last minute by the Chilean gov’t., if memory serves. Almost all the “environmentally enlightened” nations of the world lined up against him and saw to it that his efforts were halted. At least they didn’t kill him.

A spokesman for Friends of the Earth, or Sierra Club, or some such (swiss cheese memory again) said at the time in an interview, when asked why his and other environmental groups brought so much pressure to stop the guys efforts, that yes, the guy’s plan would have worked, but that it didn’t fit with their agenda.

Make of this what you will.

Got a link for that?