• Value Subtracted@startrek.websiteOPM
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      0
      ·
      2 days ago

      Unfortunately, I think it’s actually not feasible - the mussels are established throughout the entire lake, and not localized to a single area.

      They had their chance with the curtain, it failed, and even that was kind of a Hail Mary.

      • ComradeSharkfucker@lemmy.ml
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        0
        ·
        edit-2
        2 days ago

        Nono, it could be done. They could spend the years it would take to develop a method that would work here. They could hire a stupidly large labor force to physically remove the adult specimens and find a solution for irradicating zebra mussel larvae. They won’t though, because they don’t find it to be worth it. These things aren’t impossible, the people responsible are just unwilling to give more than pennies.

        • Auli@lemmy.ca
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          0
          ·
          1 day ago

          No it’s impossible. What poison the whole lake is that a valid solution? Or maybe introduce a species that eats the muscles maybe they we’ll work. Has a highly invasive species ever been successfully removed anywhere?