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Please don't cry foul

if you aren't able to be specific, Mr. George.

Calling your critics, which include the leading scientists in the field and environmental groups including Friends of the Earth, the ETC Group, the International Center for Technology Assessment and Greenpeace, "mudslingers" who are "misleading" is not warranted unless you actually say how we are misleading people or what mud we are slinging. Without such specifics, you are merely making ad hominem attacks that damage your own credibility.

The fact is, top oceanographers say large-scale iron fertilization of the oceans (a) endangers ocean ecosystms and (b) is unlikely to work as an offset, as much carbon will eventually return to the atmosphere once plankton die.

When the EPA asked Planktos to clarify what it's up to (such as whether other chemicals are being dumped in addition to iron, or whether Planktos is taking steps to determine whether ocean ecosystems are adversely affected), Planktos claimed to be "unable" to answer the EPA's questions. This does not inspire confidence.

You have a nice personal story Mr. George, and some nice rhetoric, but these are not enough to merit your manipulating the ocean as you see fit, without regulation and without oversight -- especially when leading scientists express such concern.

Nick Berning
Friends of the Earth
www.foe.orgOn In an op-ed, Russ George claims his company has been unfairly maligned posted 2 years, 5 months ago 29 Responses