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Fertilizing the oceans with iron could help remove a gigaton of carbon dioxide per year (interestingengineering.com)

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Phytoplankton absorbs carbon dioxide for photosynthesis, and there's a relatively easy way to boost the world's populations.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Dumping money/metal into the oceans cannot be made profitable. Even if it can, there's always going to be a more profitable use for that material.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think they meant in terms of subsidies, like corn growth currently.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Corn growth and other subsidies are profitable to the government, because the money comes back to them in lobbying/bribery.