Peanut Butter and Jellyfish?

Well, hello! A grand day out there isn’t it? Hope it’s the same in your neck of the woods. Fill your mug and rest in on the table here next to that treat you’ve just massaged. Say…remember I did a blogpost a while back on how the warming oceans are causing a rise in the number of jellyfish. Well, they are causing problems in several areas. A nuclear power plant on the coast of Israel was forced to shut down this week when its seawater cooling system became clogged with jellyfish. 

In the Gulf of Mexico's densest jelly swarms, there are more jellyfish than there is water. More than 100 jellies may jam each cubic meter of water.

A similar incident temporarily disabled two nuclear reactors at the Torness power station on the Scottish coast last week. A week before, a reactor in Shimane, Japan was crippled by yet another jellyfish infiltration.

Amid speculation that warm waters and ocean acidification — both driven by climate change— are boosting jellyfish populations, are these three incidents signs of a growing trend?

"The several [power plant incidents] that happened recently aren't enough to indicate a global pattern. They certainly could be coincidental," said Monty Graham, a jellyfish biologist and senior marine scientist at the Dauphin Island Sea Lab off the Gulf Coast of Alabama. Oh, yeah, right, Monty. Get with it, eh!

So listen…you like peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, right? Doesn’t everybody? Though I’d give the nod to peanut butter and banana.  And, like, if you go to a Chinese restaurant, you invariably end up eating shredded jellyfish, no? So what we have to do is come up with a way to combine the two – peanut butter and jellyfish! With the proliferation of jellyfish, there’s a marketing opportunity here for the person who comes up with the right product.  Maybe at first blush it doesn’t sound much more appetizing than an octopus burger but hey! Now, I wouldn’t tell everyone about this but I wanted to give you a head’s up in case you’re interested, eh! Millions to be made, I’m sure!

See ya!
Bob