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Oxitec has also been doing trials in other countries for a while dating back to 2014. https://www.oxitec.com/panama

It's live now (as of 1:40pm Eastern).

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I love the focus. Starting at the base level data and working to normalize it is definitely the most difficult piece. How far back have you assembled data?

Feel free to reach out to me individually (email in profile), I'm working on operationalizing climate data like this and would like to look at this together!

In this case, the particular species that carries Zika (aedes aegypti) does not pollinate any plant species in any meaningful way.

Can someone with knowledge of this particular experiment explain how they've overcome the regulations that have stopped Oxitec / Intrexon with their aedes aegypti solution? They key regulatory factors cited against Oxitec, especially in their Florida Keys trials in the past year, were centered around controlling for the release of only males (which do not bite humans), thus avoiding transmission of any kind from the genetically modified varieties, or bacterially modified varieties in this case.

Oxitec has worked for years to filter their mosquitoes so only ~0.2% of the released mosquitoes are female[1]. They then had to demonstrate that and more in many trials before being allowed to release their mosquitoes in the wild in Panama and Florida.

Otherwise, it's great that Google can overstep the other factors that would stop this solution like NIMBYism and working with county / municipal boards. These solutions are great.

[1]:http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/11/florida-voters-weigh-...

Not mentioned in these comments is the actual method they cite in capturing the solid CO2. The method involves bubbling CO2 through water and hydrogen sulfide, which is incredibly toxic. Not sure if there's a better way to do it, but their current process is both economically infeasible and dangerous.

Glad it's still a side project!

When flying, spotting anything from a higher elevation is very difficult - you essentially have to track the differential velocity of the bird / plane with respect to the ground. That's the reason why generally, the right of way in air goes to the airplane with higher elevation.

Adding additional things to spot in the air, especially slow moving objects like drones, demands focus and divert attention away from flying. Other airplanes in the air are fine to spot because they move quickly, and in unrestricted airspace, generally communicate on a universal radio channel. Drones have none of these capabilities and are essentially high flying birds to avoid.

In non-urban spaces, airspace above 500ft is always a potential manned aircraft flight path.

>You don't need to stop anything to fill a sample bottle.

Gotcha. I had trouble reaching people who were willing to do sampling, which led me to that conclusion.

>H2S also deadens the olfactory nerves

Going back to check my ventilation right now, haha. From what I know, the scent disappears only above concentrations in air of ~150-200ppm.

Those minimum orders are astronomical it's almost funny. Does anybody actually purchase manufacturing-level quantities of goods on alibaba? Genuinely asking.

I did this recently as well (though for a different purpose, chemical testing). it's even more difficult than the journalist describes. No refinery wants to stop processing or halt flow in their pipelines, and so getting WTI or Bakken oil is immensely difficult when you're not at the source. There are small mom & pop ~2-3bbl/day producers who are willing to sell their oil at a premium, however.

Ventilation is a huge problem - H2S emits a very foul smell. Quickly open and close a small bottle of crude in a room, and the scent lingers for a few minutes or more.