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Planetsave is an environmental news site covering clean energy, climate, wildlife and science research.
What HN saysHN commenters link it for Paul Piff's rigged Monopoly experiment on how wealth changes behavior, and for a few nature photos and science items.
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- 1Network Analysis Reveals ‘Super Entity’ of Global Corporate Control2 people · 22 points · first shared 2011 · 4 comments on HN
- 2Ocean fertilization dangerous experiment gone right2 people · first shared 2015
- 3A rigged game of monopoly reveals how feeling wealthy changes our behavior ted video2 people · first shared 2018
- 4Peru To Power 2 Million Of Its Poorest By Solar Energy1 people · 37 points · first shared 2013 · 11 comments on HN
- 5Atom Split Into Two And Then Put Back Together Using Quantum Mechanics1 people · 3 points · first shared 2012 · 1 comments on HN
- 6Elephant Communication, Mechanisms Behind Calls Unraveled1 people · 3 points · first shared 2012 · discussion on HN
- 7Quantum Teleportation Between Atomic Systems Over Long Distances1 people · 3 points · first shared 2013 · discussion on HN
- 8New Underwater Volcanoes Discovered in Antarctica1 people · 2 points · first shared 2011 · discussion on HN
- 9in Spain Nuclear Spillage fines are cheaper than Solar Energy fines1 people · 2 points · first shared 2015 · discussion on HN
- 10Quantum computers will be capable of simulating particle collisions1 people · 2 points · first shared 2012 · discussion on HN
- 11Bobbit Worm – Eunice Aphroditois – Giant Super-Aggressive Worm (2013)1 people · 1 points · first shared 2017 · discussion on HN
- 12Venezuelan Poodle Moth - Facts, Hoax, And Video1 people · 1 points · first shared 2013 · discussion on HN
- 13Solar Panels Cost Less Than Electricity from Natural Gas1 people · 1 points · first shared 2014 · discussion on HN
- 14Australia Plans Airstrikes to Kill 650K Camels in Outback1 people · 1 points · first shared 2009 · 4 comments on HN
- 15Two Newly Discovered Planets Locked In Strange Orbit1 people · 1 points · first shared 2012 · discussion on HN
What HN people wrote when they linked it
dbg31415 · 2016-08-19
OK, so how do we do this? Is there a candidate I have to vote for, or a fund I have to finance? Let's kill all the mosquitoes already.
> Given the fact that species transmits so many dangerous pathogens it’s very unfortunate for humans that they are such great survivors, and have been rapidly expanding their range during the last couple of decades... Aedes albopictus is now considered to be one of the 100 world’s worst invasive species...
http://planetsave.com/2013/07/01/tiger-mosquito-asian-tiger-mosquito-f…
> The Asian tiger mosquito is about 2 to 10 mm length with a striking white and black pattern
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aedes_albopictus
Oh, and also the gallinippers are worse.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rs9nxljtI6I
mirimir · 2019-03-13
Near its headwaters, the Amazon is not so wide, and runs through ~narrow canyons. I wouldn't be surprised if there were footbridges. I don't find images of any, though. But there is this: https://planetsave.com/2010/07/23/amazon-river-10-friday-photos/amazon…
beefield · 2019-03-04
There is funny (or would be funny if it was not so serious in the societal concequences) research by Paul Piff on this phenomenom:
https://planetsave.com/2013/12/23/a-rigged-game-of-monopoly-reveals-ho…
credit_guy · 2018-09-08
Indeed, and you don't need to start with a half-tanker, especially if you are not aiming for an ice age. You can start with a half-bucket and work your way up to a half-kayak, half-fishing-boat, maybe half-trawler.
Oh, wait. Some guy did just that in 2012 [1]. Some people claim it was an absolute success, while some others claim that more studies are needed (but they are not willing to fund them!), or we should not play with the only planet we have, etc, etc.
[1] https://planetsave.com/2014/07/02/ocean-fertilization-dangerous-experi…
sharemywin · 2018-07-02
Here's an article about just that when people play a rigged game of monopoly.
https://planetsave.com/2013/12/23/a-rigged-game-of-monopoly-reveals-ho…
fleitz · 2015-07-22
Well, it turns out there's an extremely cheap solution to this that can sequester another 1/3rd of our carbon while making lots of plankton and restocking the oceans with fish.
http://planetsave.com/2014/07/02/ocean-fertilization-dangerous-experim…
dredmorbius · 2013-12-06
Interesting piece. Note that there's some empirical evidence to suggest a controlling cabal (I prefer the term "oligarchy" rather than "monopoly"):
http://planetsave.com/2011/08/28/who-runs-the-world-network-analysis-r…
The next question is: is this deliberate or an emergent property. I'm inclined to suspect a bit of both. There is a desire to control, but there's also a likelihood that there will emerge some group which has control. Which then raises the question of how to reconcile this with existing economic, political, and social theory (all of which are, I suspect, badly broken and fail to take this into sufficient account).
jsvaughan · 2012-10-16
There's a page linked from the above link:
http://planetsave.com/2011/01/26/iron-seeding-of-ocean-may-promote-tox…
Which says
"...while iron seeding does indeed promote algal blooms, not all alga are equal — some forms can be poisonous to other lifeforms. One such form of plankton — a species of diatom by the name of Pseudo-nitzschia — happens also to be strongly associated with a wide-ranging neurotoxin called domoic acid (DA). The toxin may be a metabolic by-product or perhaps an adaptation (survival strategy) of this planktonic life form."
"Given the proposed use of iron fertilization strategies to reduce atmospheric CO2 and ocean acidification, the authors caution: “…consideration of the potentially serious ecosystem impacts associated with DA is prudent."
cancle · 2012-10-16
This idea has been around for a while, but I didn't realise there were field experiments going on. Basically, iron particles are dumped into the ocean which encourages a massive algal bloom. A proportion of the algae will sink to the bottom of the ocean, trapping the carbon. John Martin, an oceanographer, famously quipped: "Give me half a tanker of iron, and I’ll give you the next ice age.”
There's a better article here: http://planetsave.com/2012/07/22/geoengineering-news-controversial-oce…