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Why aren't we seeding the ocean with iron right now?

>>4416530
>there is oil in the ocean
Only offshore. There shouldn't be any oil on oceanic tectonic plates. The oil that remains will be found and used no matter which course humanity takes.

>There are also alternatives to oil
There are alternative energy sources in space too and, like the alternative energy sources in the ocean, none of them are as good as oil. Humanity will peak not long after oil production, then we will fall. Nothing we can do can stop that. Alternative energy sources will simply soften the blow. Already major cuts are being made to space funding, and science as a whole.

I'm a disheartened man Mad Scientist. I feel like this recent economic crisis is minor drop before the big fall. I feel like our species has missed its window. Perhaps if we hold this rock together well enough and if future generations do the same then we might eventually take another crack at space; but like I said, its a race against time.

You'll likely get your aquatic aspirations for humanity answered Mad Scientist. Civilization will likely forget about space and wet its appetite with the wealth under the water. I guess I should just accept that and spend my life preparing the next generation for their try at our species' immortality.