A farmer in Somalia needs your help to feed his family and help you to address a global issue - global warming. Much of what Americans do at home is reflected in the rest of the world and Americans are morally obliged to start thinking globally - beyond monitors you stare at now. America’s security is also at stake if Somalia’s farmers cannot feed their families. And global warming threatens America’s farmers also.

This is why I cannot afford having my suggestion sunk into oblivion by barrages of wishes. I will, therefore, restate my suggestion with a solution for the global problem. And I expect from you to think beyond the monitor you are staring at right now - and vote:

There is a lot of fuss about global warming, but PhDs generate nonsense on grand scales. And Scientific American demonstrated this in its latest special issue:

Firstly by repeating a false dilemma: Biofuels or Food? As - we need arable land to grow organic matter for biofuels!
Then a big Catch-22 article: Water vs. Energy. As - we need fresh water to grow organic matter!
Then: Bury carbon dioxide. As - there are plenty of safe places to store compressed gas underground. Furthermore, nobody appears to be thinking that there is more than two tonnes of oxygen in three tonnes of carbon dioxide, oxygen we need to breathe! Do we need to choke before some PhDs change their “qualified” opinions?

Are we really talking about such “solutions” and “dilemmas” to our politicians? If we are - God help Obama! And, judging by his narrative about “clean coal”, we do!

The problem we are facing is global and needs a global solution (technology/method). Internet availability is nice wish, but it will not help the Somalia’s farmer to feed his family and help us in addressing this problem. And things appear to be much worse than we thought. Acidity of rivers, lakes, seas and oceans is growing at alarming rate - due to atmospheric carbon dioxide levels. This, and the lack of oxygen, will kill fish and reduce fertility of our arable land.

Even if we manage to switch to emission neutral energy sources in all countries within next couple of years - levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide will remain too high to tolerate. And global warming will destroy more forests and accelerate, even without us burning fossil fuels. We must act now - there is not a moment to lose.

Cultivating seawater algae on barren land and on massive scales offers rapid capturing of atmospheric carbon dioxide and release of oxygen we need to breath. To enable massive scales and help Somalia’s farmers we need low tech solutions every farmer can implement. Algae themselves can be used for fertiliser, stockfeed and food production with great potential for biofuel production. With algae, farmers could grow fish. Algae also desalinate seawater and can be used to fertilise and water the soil. This brings me to Greening Method (patent pending):

Growing seawater algae in ponds above the ground shades the soil reducing humidity loss. Vapour (fresh water) from seawater ponds will further reduce humidity loss. And algae themselves will increase barren land humidity, quality and fertility. In short, we can relatively quickly turn barren land into fertile and start growing new forests. And Somalia’s farmers will find new fertile land to feed their families.

Algae need nutrients. Currently, large percentages of fertilisers are washed away into our rivers, lakes, seas and oceans - creating dead zones or making land too saline. Farmers can use this water to feed algae. Additional nutrients will be required, but the cost is very small when compared with benefits.

Planetary problems need planetary solutions. Growing new forests on lands currently considered barren is such, long term solution. Strategically placed, new forests will induce vertical air circulation bringing rains where we need them the most, a kind of microclimate management.

If properly presented to our politicians, policies could be quickly in place. Providing low tech solutions to our farmers and explaining the benefits will jumpstart algal farming and afforestation. Lessons learned and experiences gained can be exported to other countries. And Somalia’s farmers may find new arable land with enough rain.

I guess that CTO could also be interested in this rudimentary technology/method. After all, this technology/method with adequate policies could be an ultimate vote winner in America’s rural (conservative) communities also.

Kind regards,
Damir Ibrisimovic
Australia