Beam me up, Scotty...

September 19, 2025

If there’s anyone left to write the history of the Anthropocene, it should begin with the lessons of the Polynesian voyagers who colonised Easter Island. In an ideological frenzy, they destroyed their god-given ecology and withered to a cargo cult based on stone images staring out to sea for salvation.

John Shurmann’s right; ozone is a powerful cleansing agent and has been used in recirculation aquaculture systems and water purification plants for decades. Sure, it kills both good and bad bacteria, but until the toxic Karenia mikimotoi bloom is dispelled, there’ll be no recovery of the marine ecosystem anyway.

Never mind heat stroke from the overheated atmosphere we’ve created; the real danger lies in the seas that surround our island home. The energy absorbed has already bleached Queensland’s coral reefs, put the economic viability of Tasmania’s aquaculture sector on notice and now bitten deeply into South Australia’s GDP.

While scientists may help find the solution, it’s only action that’s going to make a difference.