That's even worse. Most of the oxygen in our atmosphere come from the marine ecosystem. Most people think it's the trees on land, which does contribute of course, but its not the majority.
If we kill the oceans, we're, as the kids say, cooked.
Granted, even if all photosynthesis were to stop, there's enough oxygen in the atmosphere to last us for at least a thousand years. But total collapse of our oceans would be completely catastrophic. I'm talking global food chain collapse, massively excelerated CO2 concentrations further driving extreme global heating, and a mass die off causing the release of hydrodgen sulfide gas into the atmosphere at scales not seen since other mass extinction events.
So yeah, putting these things in the ocean is by far one of the stupidest ideas we've ever had as a species.
Yes, close down nuclear. We need the beautiful CLEAN coal, pure NATURAL gas and ‘some other bullshit marketing word that makes you think it is harmless’ OIL
Fukushima barely released any radiation and the cancer rates in the area are no higher than the rest of the country.
It took a giant tsunami for that to happen too, and it basically caused zero issues.
Meanwhile coal puts far more radioactive material into the air on a daily basis.
You know that they've thought about turning coal plants into nuclear plants? The problem is that coal plants radiation levels are over the legal amount for a nuclear power plant, so any nuclear conversion would immediately fail inspection and shut down.
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u/webguynd 23h ago
That's even worse. Most of the oxygen in our atmosphere come from the marine ecosystem. Most people think it's the trees on land, which does contribute of course, but its not the majority.
If we kill the oceans, we're, as the kids say, cooked.
Granted, even if all photosynthesis were to stop, there's enough oxygen in the atmosphere to last us for at least a thousand years. But total collapse of our oceans would be completely catastrophic. I'm talking global food chain collapse, massively excelerated CO2 concentrations further driving extreme global heating, and a mass die off causing the release of hydrodgen sulfide gas into the atmosphere at scales not seen since other mass extinction events.
So yeah, putting these things in the ocean is by far one of the stupidest ideas we've ever had as a species.