tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7338070402887246857.post5710181907752880428..comments2023-09-21T06:27:50.845-04:00Comments on Ramblings on the Future of Humanity: The Earth's Fragile EcologyStephen D. Coveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12946494775268235149noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7338070402887246857.post-12414858132679119952010-01-25T11:49:46.904-05:002010-01-25T11:49:46.904-05:00jack.123: I wonder why they don't pump air int...jack.123: I wonder why they don't pump air into dead zones? It only takes about 2300 psi per mile of depth, well within our capabilities.<br /><br />If the energy cost was too high, we could certainly sink two large pipes, pump de-oxygenated water up, mix with air, and pump it down the second pipe. That way low pressure pumps can be used, saving a lot of energy.<br /><br />Of course, the oceans are vast, and perhaps such approaches would be insignificant.<br /><br />Or some lawyers might argue that such intervention would harm the endangered red-nosed spotted sea slug (which only lives in low-oxygen environments), and our ships sent to reduce the dead zones might be attacked by well-meaning fans of the red-nosed spotted sea slug (which look a lot like lawyers in any case).Stephen D. Coveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12946494775268235149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7338070402887246857.post-84816248609130345712010-01-25T09:32:06.599-05:002010-01-25T09:32:06.599-05:00Once again I suggest that pumping air into dead zo...Once again I suggest that pumping air into dead zones.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14943511197109794806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7338070402887246857.post-29084364273911716542009-02-16T17:41:00.000-05:002009-02-16T17:41:00.000-05:00I appreciate your concerns and wish more people sp...I appreciate your concerns and wish more people spoke of them. I suspect we like to avoid unpleasant subjects. I speculate that most of us assume the world we grew up in is the world as it was, as it is and as it ever will be-- that we profoundly resist change, dislike perceiving it, and hate projecting consequences into the future. Keep writing these observations please. The more discussion the better!winterobinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06347017270018245876noreply@blogger.com