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Scientists Hope to Fight Climate Change
by Dumping Chemicals in the Ocean

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Posted By: thudlike, 2/19/2024 7:33:02 PM

Scientists at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) in Massachusetts are planning an experiment in which they will dump approximately 6,000 gallons of sodium hydroxide — a common ingredient in soaps, cleansers, and chemical pipe cleaners — into the waters off of Martha’s Vineyard. The experiment is a part of WHOI’s LOC-NESS project, which seeks to ascertain whether artificial alkalinity enhancement of the Earth’s oceans can help in global efforts to address so-called global warming..

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Reply 1 - Posted by: cny 2/19/2024 7:39:01 PM (No. 1661317)
And what do the libs of MV think about this???
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Reply 2 - Posted by: mc squared 2/19/2024 7:39:11 PM (No. 1661318)
Sounds great to me. Untested and irreversible - like COVID shots. Dead ocean life cleanup in the Atlantic and Pacific.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: Jerseyden 2/19/2024 7:46:25 PM (No. 1661322)
Old proverb 'Don't mess with Mother Nature she always wins'. What could possibly go wrong.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: thudlike 2/19/2024 7:46:51 PM (No. 1661324)
Immediate Harm to Aquatic Ecosystems – A single exposure may result in severe biological harm or death to fish or other aquatic organisms. Long-Term Harm to Aquatic Ecosystems – Long term exposure may result in irreversible harm to fish or other aquatic organisms. https://www.chemhat.org/en/material/2010314#:~:text=Immediate%20Harm%20to%20Aquatic%20Ecosystems,fish%20or%20other%20aquatic%20organisms
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Reply 5 - Posted by: DogFacedPonySoldier 2/19/2024 7:53:17 PM (No. 1661327)
What could possibly go wrong?
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Reply 6 - Posted by: Flyball Dogs 2/19/2024 8:07:02 PM (No. 1661335)
I like it. Near Zero’s mansion, I think. Be sure to dump near the shore/ beach to ensure that area is WELL PROTECTED. (I especially like the “soap” component. Suds will be a nice touch)
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Reply 7 - Posted by: Venturer 2/19/2024 8:08:42 PM (No. 1661336)
Follow the Science, Listen to the experts. Aren't these the same experts that tell us not to dump soaps in the Ocean? \ Maybe with any luck it will all wash up on Obama's shore.
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Reply 8 - Posted by: FL_Absentee_Voter 2/19/2024 8:12:33 PM (No. 1661339)
#1 - They already don't want discussions involving wind farm construction and low-frequency turbine noise driving whales off course and to their deaths. What's the harm in a chemical dump if it might reduce climate change?
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Reply 9 - Posted by: southernboy 2/19/2024 8:27:25 PM (No. 1661343)
Well, they have been spraying reflective particles in the atmosphere for years so why not!
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Reply 10 - Posted by: DVC 2/19/2024 8:28:34 PM (No. 1661345)
Polluting the ocean with harmful, toxic chemicals like this lye, is a CRIME.
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Reply 11 - Posted by: thefield 2/19/2024 8:33:41 PM (No. 1661348)
6, ooo gallons into trillions of gallons, going to make a difference in the air? Idiots. HOw did they get so stupid?
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Reply 12 - Posted by: Catherine 2/19/2024 8:34:37 PM (No. 1661349)
This makes as much sense as Gates wanting all the trees on earth burned down. A documentary I watched said he went to the Antarctic and saw all that ice. He'd heard Co2 would eventually melt all of it. Trees create Co2. And there you have the convoluted thinking of a megalomaniac to burn down all the trees on the planet. Now someone wants to destroy the oceans. Unbelievable.
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Reply 13 - Posted by: smokincol 2/19/2024 8:40:57 PM (No. 1661354)
aha!!, desalinating the ocean .... good idea, boys, good idea
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Reply 14 - Posted by: Scribelus 2/19/2024 8:59:23 PM (No. 1661361)
Anything for more grant money from loony tune Biden Democrats. Alkalinity from pH 8.1 to pH 8.2? Be still my foolish heart!
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Reply 15 - Posted by: planetgeo 2/19/2024 9:23:14 PM (No. 1661375)
A much better solution would be to dump climate activists into the ocean. It would not only be equally effective in controlling climate (i.e., no effect), but also at least it would reduce how much they annoy everyone massively.
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Reply 16 - Posted by: rochow 2/19/2024 9:28:31 PM (No. 1661381)
Oh please, NO! When have 'scientists' ever, ever done anything right????
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Reply 17 - Posted by: qr4j 2/19/2024 10:17:03 PM (No. 1661403)
Covid for the sea. Lovely. Nucking futz!
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Reply 18 - Posted by: Quigley 2/19/2024 10:31:15 PM (No. 1661407)
"Scientists say nuclear detonations necessary to save the planet!!!!!!" It's almost the Red Hour!
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Reply 19 - Posted by: JimBob 2/19/2024 10:31:52 PM (No. 1661408)
I would wager they are funded by a Federal Government grant. Absolute waste (although a tiny one in the grand scheme of things) of Taxpayer dollars.
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Reply 20 - Posted by: Heil Liberals 2/19/2024 10:42:08 PM (No. 1661410)
Great! A Covid vaccine for the oceans. We are screwed.
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Reply 21 - Posted by: BarryNo 2/19/2024 10:44:47 PM (No. 1661411)
Pollute the ocean to fight climate change... This reminds me of the great precambrian extinction where something like 95% of all life forms went extinct over a billion years ago. I wonder if some early 'intelligence' had the same idea back then?
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Reply 22 - Posted by: SkyKing1222 2/19/2024 11:04:58 PM (No. 1661417)
Plop plop fizz fizz Oh how stupid that is
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Reply 23 - Posted by: Lawsy0 2/20/2024 12:12:57 AM (No. 1661433)
Is this a joke? How long has Wood's Hole been saving this trash?
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Reply 24 - Posted by: Rumblehog 2/20/2024 12:42:18 AM (No. 1661442)
Are you getting the distinct impression that these highly educated morons are going to do something really, really stoopid that ends up killing a whole bunch of human beings and animals? I do.
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Reply 25 - Posted by: ussjimmycarter 2/20/2024 12:43:09 AM (No. 1661443)
When Flipper is floating upside down…
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Reply 26 - Posted by: Trigger2 2/20/2024 3:49:50 AM (No. 1661457)
Must be the AF dumping chemicals in the air every day is not working, so now they want to try the ocean.
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Reply 27 - Posted by: mifla 2/20/2024 4:09:28 AM (No. 1661470)
Karma is thousands of dead fish washing up on MV.
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Reply 28 - Posted by: FleetUSA 2/20/2024 5:32:12 AM (No. 1661482)
Have they told the fish?
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Reply 29 - Posted by: 5 handicap 2/20/2024 6:02:32 AM (No. 1661486)
Wouldn't it be sweet if, as a result, Martha's Vineyard was RUINED for a 100 years!
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Reply 30 - Posted by: Pepperpot59 2/20/2024 6:11:17 AM (No. 1661488)
What could possibly go wrong? It's not nice to mess with mother nature!
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Reply 31 - Posted by: privateer 2/20/2024 6:26:30 AM (No. 1661491)
FTA: 'Although climate models suggest the oceans’ surface pH may have dropped from pH 8.2 to 8.1 since 1750, that change was never actually measured' So, climate models suggest things that never have, or never can be measured. Pretty sweet gig. Keep those grants rolling in! This latest one is a hoot. It seems that, as more of the intellectually torpid masses become aware of the 'long con' or Gorebull Whorming, ever more preposterous stunts are thrown out, to see if they stick.
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Reply 32 - Posted by: Msquared112 2/20/2024 6:44:00 AM (No. 1661496)
Democrats should rename themselves as the Murphy’s Law Party.
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Reply 33 - Posted by: govlawyer 2/20/2024 7:03:07 AM (No. 1661497)
Sodium hydroxide is lye. What could possibly go wrong? [sarcasm off]
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Reply 34 - Posted by: skacmar 2/20/2024 7:32:58 AM (No. 1661513)
If a ship accidentally did this or an evil corporation, the same people who want to do this intentionally would be screaming at the top of their lungs, the EPA would be all over them, the media would crucify them, and climate activists would condemn them. Then, the Biden administration would fine them billions of dollars for "clean up" and damages. They would probably close the beaches in the affected area for added effect. What's the difference with Woods Hole scientists doing it?
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Reply 35 - Posted by: Strike3 2/20/2024 7:51:34 AM (No. 1661531)
Let me guess, it will kill millions of fish and lobster, just like a whole bunch of accidental fires have killed chicken and beef farms. You think Red Lobster is overpriced now" Just wait.
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Reply 36 - Posted by: Clinger 2/20/2024 7:56:37 AM (No. 1661536)
In the quest to solve a problem that doesn't exist, we risk manufacturing a real problem. And if that happens they will spin it into evidence that the non-existing problem indeed existed.
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Reply 37 - Posted by: coldborezero 2/20/2024 8:05:12 AM (No. 1661546)
I think the decline of America began in earnest when Americans set aside their innate reason, logic and respect for objective reality (facts) and began to blindly follow the “experts” (usually from government). To paraphrase a popular internet meme, “Ninety-nine percent of experts agree with whomever is funding them”. There is more than just a little truth to that.
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Reply 38 - Posted by: greyseal 2/20/2024 8:11:25 AM (No. 1661550)
"Let's pour Brawndo in the ocean! It has electrolytes and stuff...!!!" Nearing peak Idiocracy. Paging President Camacho... greyseal
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Reply 39 - Posted by: franq 2/20/2024 8:42:07 AM (No. 1661568)
Ummm... #12, trees create oxygen. They "eat" CO2. On this subject, messing with the alkalinity of the ocean seems like just another hare-brained idea. Whose pocket is it lining?
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Reply 40 - Posted by: nwcudagal 2/20/2024 9:36:58 AM (No. 1661604)
How about some arsenic in the Potomac.
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Reply 41 - Posted by: Zigrid 2/20/2024 10:38:03 AM (No. 1661638)
Since china is the major polluter...why not dump the garbage off their coast and let them deal with it....
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Reply 42 - Posted by: Sorosisbehindit 2/20/2024 10:40:22 AM (No. 1661640)
The elites want to remove ocean food sources as well as farming. This is ocean pollution. Lime would be cheaper and safer, but neither will affect the climate.
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Reply 43 - Posted by: oldmagnolia 2/20/2024 10:51:36 AM (No. 1661646)
First, why is this organization in existence? Second, all of them should lose their degrees. This will only kill fish and ruin the eco system.
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Reply 44 - Posted by: hershey 2/20/2024 1:21:21 PM (No. 1661706)
I'm sure these idiots researched what would happen to the sea life....right? I thought so...doing stupid stuff to 'fix' a problem that doesn't really exist except in their inoperative brains...they don't have two neurons to rub together...
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Reply 45 - Posted by: Penney 2/20/2024 1:58:34 PM (No. 1661728)
Yikes!!! What could possibly happen?!!
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Reply 46 - Posted by: Luandir 2/20/2024 2:13:58 PM (No. 1661734)
And how is disposing of sodium hydroxide (NaOH) going to mitigate carbon dioxide levels?
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Reply 47 - Posted by: PrayerWarrior 2/20/2024 3:18:53 PM (No. 1661769)
These people/scientists? are SICK!
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Reply 48 - Posted by: coldoc 2/20/2024 4:13:29 PM (No. 1661796)
These numbskulls are trying to solve a problem that doesn't exist. Then they get to crow for ten years how they saved the planet". Idiots.
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Reply 49 - Posted by: Historybuff 2/20/2024 5:41:04 PM (No. 1661835)
What? No environmental study?
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Reply 50 - Posted by: paral04 2/20/2024 6:17:45 PM (No. 1661863)
And what will this do to the sea life? What a bunch of flaming idiots. We don't have global warming. The Earth goes through climate cycles since the Universe was conceived. They need to find a cure for cancer and leave the rest if us alone.
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