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Global Warming Stopped By Adding Lime To Sea
Antiglobalism writes "Scientists say they have found a workable way of reducing CO2 levels in the atmosphere by adding lime to seawater. And they think it has the potential to dramatically reverse CO2 accumulation in the atmosphere, reports Cath O'Driscoll in SCI's Chemistry & Industry magazine published today."
A solution to nasty-tasting seawater! Lemonade oceans FTW!
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"Look at all the limes in this god damn thing! This fuckin' thing is tropical! Look at the limes, how they float. That's good news. Next time I'm on a boat and it capsizes, I will reach for a lime. Like I'll be water-skiing without a life preserver, people will say "What the hell?" and I'll pull out a lime. I'm saved by the buoyancy of citrus."
This couldn't possibly have any additional side-effects, right?
Next they'll want to add tequila and filter the salt to the coasts.
...thus solving the problem forever. FOREVER!
As long as they don't start putting the lime in coconuts and mixing it together, we haven't entirely lost our sanity.
Home Depot: Hello, Home Depot, how can I help you?
Spongebob Squarepants: Do you guys carry Lime-Away?
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Lime (or calcium carbonate, CaCO3) is a base, which is the opposite of an acid.
So the ocean will be all like 'All Your Base..'
Ok, I'll stop now.
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Normally, I would agree. But this lime theory makes me think of Margaritas. And margaritas make me invincible.
I wrote a real quick firefox extension to filter out everything that's a lime joke.
Sorry, your's is the only post left ;)
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This sounds a lot like that episode of the Simpsons where Bart unleashes some lizards that spread all over and end up killing off the pigeons which annoyed the town:
Skinner: Well, I was wrong; the lizards are a godsend.
Lisa: But isn't that a bit short-sighted? What happens when we're overrun by lizards?
Skinner: No problem. We simply release wave after wave of Chinese needle snakes. They'll wipe out the lizards.
Lisa: But aren't the snakes even worse?
Skinner: Yes, but we're prepared for that. We've lined up a fabulous type of gorilla that thrives on snake meat.
Lisa: But then we're stuck with gorillas!
Skinner: No, that's the beautiful part. When wintertime rolls around, the gorillas simply freeze to death.
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There are two forces in this world keeping the pirates in check: ninjas and scurvy. If the seas were suddenly full of lime, scurvy would be vanquished. The balance of power would be horribly altered, and no one's booty would be safe.
Please, everybody, write your congressman about this!
I dunno what the hell you're trying to babble about. The proper reference for /. readers goes like this:
Skinner: Ahh, but as it turns out the lizards were a godsend since they've eaten all the pigeons.
Lisa: Isn't that a little short-sighted? What happens when we're up to our ears with lizards?
Skinner: Ah, well we shall simply release wave after wave of Chinese needlesnakes.
Lisa: Then what about the snakes?
Skinner: We simply import gorillas who will eat all the snakes.
Lisa: Well what happens when we're up to our ears in gorillas?!
Skinner: Ah that's the beauty of the thing, come winter the gorillas will freeze to death.
Epic Fale.
What's that? Like a really big Samoan thatched roof house?
"And there be unix which have made themselves unix for the kingdom of heaven's sake." - Matt. 19:12
Careful with the lime please!
If you put a lot of lime into the ocean, in places where coconuts might fall into the water, you'll end up poisoning the whole area.
This is a dangerous game.
To wit:
Brother bought a coconut, he bought it for a dime
His sister had another one, she paid it for the lime
She put the lime in the coconut, she drank 'em both up
She put the lime in the coconut, she drank 'em both up
She put the lime in the coconut, she drank 'em both up
Put the lime in the coconut, she called the doctor, woke him up, and said
Doctor, ain't there nothin' I can take, I said
Doctor, to relieve this bellyache, I said
Doctor, ain't there nothin' I can take, I said
Doctor, to relieve this bellyache
Now let me get this straight
Put the lime in the coconut, you drank 'em both up
Put the lime in the coconut, you drank 'em both up
Put the lime in the coconut, you drank 'em both up
Put the lime in the coconut...
(repeat until you're out of CO2)
Ah, arrogance and stupidity, all in the same package. How efficient of you. -- Londo Mollari
Do Lifesavers float? Maybe the Tropical Lime ones do because they contain lime but I don't think the Wintergreen ones will do any good at all.
This is Slashdot.
I think you mean:
Reader ignorance holding steady
Maybe it's time to upgrade to Sea++?
I think he just proved it a bit too well...
"oohh.. girl... tight... clothes..."
Brawndo!
Serious? Seriousness is well above my pay grade.
He's too busy running an array of air conditioners outside trying to combat this warming trend to be bothered with any of that science crap.
Move all sig!
Uhm no?
Making a bike produces a negligible amount of CO2 compared to driving a car, your statement is downright false.
It's not making the bike, it's riding the bike.
The person riding the bike will consume more food because they're burning more calories, the food comes from all over in large trucks that create more pollution than a car, plus if you're eating more meat that's even more pollution since raising livestock creates all sorts of greenhouse gases.
Then there is also the reasoning that the person ends up extending their lifespan due to being more active. Over the extended lifespan they end up burning more CO2 than if they just drove their car to work and died of a heart attack at a young age.
well, that's just the reasoning, not entirely sure if it's 100% true as I haven't personally checked the figures on how much CO2 is created getting the fuel to the car then driving to work as compared to harvesting and shipping the extra food you will now have to eat, and any CO2 you will create during your extended lifespan (if your lifespan is extended at all.)
If some "environmentalists" were predicting an ice age in the 1970s, it sounds like they were quite ignorant of the scientific research.
Now don't go all logical on us. What's important is that "someone" once had an opinion different then "they" have now, therefore you're a stupid head.
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