Please excuse my intrusion into this thread!

Yes, this is truly an excellent article, a worrisome one, but what of the gigantic dead-zone that will be created when Israel nukes Iran?

Sure, we need to deal with nutrients, etc, but the most pressing need in the world today is to stop Nutty Yahoo from attacking Iran which will reciprocate big-time and most likely begin a process that will end up in WW3 and Armageddon.

The world seems able to deal with low to moderate priority issues but ignores the deranged elephant in the room which is preparing to charge!

Let's deal with life and death issues first! Ring your local member today. Ask why the Australian Government has made no warning comment about Israel's madness or offered any criticism.

Well researched informative article!
Yes, it's a mystery, why we pay ever increasing prices for hydrocarbon based fertilizers, all while we pour millions of tons of it annually out to sea, to the endless detriment of the marine environment!
When we could, given little more than the political will, convert all of it to energy, plus thoroughly sanitized organic fertilizer and soil improving carbon!
[The only reason algae contribute to this problem, is because they basically run out of nutrients and then die of starvation!]
Aussie innovation has created a smell free sealed two tank system, that converts, high rise/village, suburban biological waste into methane, which can then power a stationary engine or, [more Aussie innovation,] ceramic fuel cell(s), which not only silently converts the methane to energy, creating mostly water vapour in the process, but endless free hot water.
[Adding in food scraps and wastage, creates a saleable surplus of energy; or, power for residents' electric vehicles!]
The by-products include carbon rich fertilizer and reusable nutrient loaded water, which would support algae farming, which would provide an endless source of oil!
Some algae are up to 60% oil.
Algae are able to absorb 2.5 times their bodyweight in Co2 emission. Under optimised conditions, where the nutrient keeps on coming, they can double that bodyweight and absorption capacity every 24 hours.
A process that continues as long as their nutrient rich water supply does!
We pour millions of tons of the stuff out to sea every year, exponentially adding to the alluded to problems!
Looking at the problems or outcomes, you'd be forgiven for thinking, if our "Leaders" had an active brain between them, it'd likely be very lonely.
Rhrosty.

Interesting that a couple of comments on the article linked to, tore the whole thing, & it's methodology to pieces.

When will these greenies learn to tell the truth? I'm sure there is some in that piece, & this one somewhere, but it is lost, when the whole thing is discarded due to the exaggeration.

Greens, if you want any credibility, particularly in the wake of the global warming fiasco, tell it as it really is. As soon as you start embellishing your fact with fiction, you loose me, & so many like me.

Make sure what you are going to say checks out, every time, & you'll get much further.

Very sorry to hear you've been 'loosed' hasbeen. Imodium, perhaps?
Or somethink like that.

David G wrote:

>>but what of the gigantic dead-zone that will be created when Israel nukes Iran?>>

LOL, you really are obsessing about this aren't you?

Unlike the problem of dead zones this one has an easy solution. If Iran ceases its nuclear weapons development program (subject to verification of course) and leaves Israel alone it will not get nuked.

Problem solved.

However I do not think the Israelis plan on nuking Iran for now. They may try and defang the country with a conventional attack but I do not think that would succeed. However an attack on their nuclear sites coupled with an attack on their oil and gas export infrastructure may do the trick. The Iranian government gets 80% of its revenue from hydrocarbon exports. Cutting off your enemy's financial cojones is a good way of winning a war.

I think a nuclear war in the M-E is likely; but not yet.

Well, at least we both agree that Israel will nuke Iran, Steven.

The problem is that the religiously-inspired Dead-Zone inside the heads of the Israelis and their belief that some mythical God is encouraging their imperialism does not lead to rational behaviour.

Israel is capable of anything. A nation of fearful deranged people with an arsenal of nukes is TROUBLE!

Bombing Iran will ignite the fuse of Armageddon!