I don't give a s..t about how many parts per whatsit. Let's leave it to nature to do what it has done for thousands of years; it is a lot bigger than we are. And if we have to make adjustments to it, so be it.

Hi Belly,

The drought and fires are a terrible devastation. If the predictions that they will get worse are accurate, and I have many doubts about this, then it is all the more pressing to try and mitigate the effects. I just can't see solar panels and windmills doing all that much. In contrast, putting a bit of fertilizer in the ocean is inexpensive, possibly beneficial, and extremely unlikely to result in a Chernobyl.

As an aside, I have been injecting a psoriasis plaque on my knee daily with b12/folic acid for two and a bit weeks with a good result. I am about to try mixing the vitamins with some DMSO to try as a topical treatment. I will keep you posted of my progress.

Cheers

Climate change inerrancy, the new God.
Let's not question children used as child soldiers for their cause.
Who are they that simply lack morals in their blind pursuit of a lost cause, and hatred against the unbelievers.

I prefer Christianity. But then I'm a creep, I'm a weirdo....what am I doing here?

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Dan the climate man.

From the LAND.com
THE STRONG Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) positive event that has been such a strong driver in the current catastrophic drought across large tracts of agricultural Australia is finally showing signs of breaking down.
The Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) reported this week that while the positive IOD event was continuing it has weakened significantly since its peak of +2.1 degrees Celsius in mid-October, which was one of the highest readings on record.
At present it is at 0.9 degrees, still well above the IOD positive threshold, however it is less than half what it was.
IOD events generally break down by December due to the monsoon season in the northern Indian Ocean but this event has been particularly strong and taken longer to decay.
With the El Nino climate driver in the Pacific Ocean currently in a neutral phase it will mean some time towards the start of the year there is no major climate driver pushing dry conditions across the country, although this does not necessarily mean drought-breaking rain.
Along with the lack of rain in Australia, the recent flooding in the Horn of Africa is also typical of an IOD positive event.

The story Finally IOD relief on its way first appeared on Farm Online.

We have to be very careful about trying to heat part of an ocean, or fertilising it either. Even if we achieve our objective, & increase our rainfall, cool our atmosphere, or any other objective, what may our result have somewhere else?

If our benefit reduces the monsoon in India, or Africa we are in trouble. Even if our actions had no effect elsewhere, anyone suffering less than ideal weather are going to assume it was our meddling that caused their problem.

Playing with fire would be almost as bad as building windmills thinking it would reduce bush fires.

Hasbeen- Going back to your original post- my understanding is that Global Warming is characterized by more unpredictable weather and more extreme events even if the average data (temperature, rainfall, etc) doesn't change much. That doesn't necessarily mean the Greenies are correct. Correlation doesn't necessarily imply causation. (Also Global Warming isn't necessarily the same as environmental damage.)

If the weather is becoming more unpredictable it's bound to damage the profitability and increase the risks of farming. We'd need to analyse the numbers to see if this is true.

I remember you talking about your property and it's operations so you seem to have a vast practical knowledge in this area