>>>That seaweed is rotting fast and the town workers will be bulldozing it out where it will just come in and out with the tide, wrapping itself around the tourist’s ankles until a storm takes it farther out to sea.<<<
OH NO!!! Those short-sighted loons... That is the WORST thing they can do with it... Don’t they know that the detritus they are pushing back out to sea will anaerobically decompose and deplete the Oxygen levels and cause ‘dead-zones’!
In their ignorance, they are unbalancing the ecosystem. It is natural for it to be washed up into the littoral zone, aerobically decompose, harbor a multitude of organisms and insects that serve as food for the sea birds - piping plovers, terns, and over 400 other species that inhabit or migrate to the area.
By selectively harvesting a portion of the seaweed, you are helping balance the natural order. Sequestering a portion of the carbon in your garden and relieving the overload to the ecosystem caused by the nutrients they are pumping into the sea and maintaining the habitat for wildlife at an optimal level.
They need to fund a multi-million dollar environmental impact study - then they will have to pay reparations to 0bama (and maybe Al Gore too) for the damage they have been causing.
On the other hand, we could write a grant proposal that would evaluate the benefits of selective harvesting to augment sequestration of carbon, reduce global warming and maintain a balance of nutrient distribution. A 10 year study should keep you in compost for a while... LOL
If I didn’t have a deep love of our beautiful coastline, I would say “good on you”. You get what you deserve. However, it probably wouldn’t bother them whatsoever. A couple years ago, parking was limited to permit only between the hours of 9 A.M. and 6 P.M., so my daughter and I would walk the beach daily before 9 A.M.. Then two years ago, they increased the permit only parking to 24 hrs. I called town hall, they laughed and said they had found in the town code that they could increase the permit only parking to 24 hrs. When I asked about all the senior citizens walking before 9 A.M., they advised me to purchase an out of town permit at an exorbitant price.
Guess I’m just a chronic complainer, but I’m tired of being on the defensive all the time. It’s so scary. My children just laugh at me and complacently follow “the rules” like sheep. As long as life is good and they have decent jobs, they don’t seem to care. What happens when the SHTF?