Thursday, March 24, 2011
Algae -Threat or opportunity ?

When you next hear someone worried about an environment issue ask them-- is a threat or an opportunity? .
For too long now we hear people being paid to worry us about the threats , when many of us as applied environmental scientists focused on solutions ( http://designwithnature.blogspot.com).
Many of the algal blooms in recreational lakes can and should be managed, not left, like the greens suggest, in a 'no touch zone" .
Algae will form part of our energy future when Departments employ scientists and not narrow focused problem driven project managers.