[extropy-chat] coral reefer madness

[spike]

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> From: extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org [mailto:extropy-chat-
> bounces at lists.extropy.org] On Behalf Of Dan Clemmensen
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> Actually, There are good trees and bad trees. If you make the reefs from
> clear-cut old-growth rain forests, that's a net loss in biodiversity...

And can durn near get you executed in some parts of the country.

> If you make the reef from factory-farmed trees or junk such as California
> Eucalyptus, that's a win...

Thats what I had in mind, eucalyptus.  Grows fast.

 
> Of course we should cover the trees or bundles paper in recycled
> plastic. That ends up sequestering the carbon for a good long time.

Possible I suppose but unnecessary.

> 
> There is one teensy problem to solve here: artificial reefs are made out
> of stuff that sinks, not stuff that floats...

Ja but a teensy problem indeed.  Tie something heavy,
cheap and plentiful to the base of the trunk, such as
a large piece of stone.  After a few years, the weight 
of the coral might suffice to sink any branches that 
break off. 

spike