Summary
Widespread pollution of the world’s waterways exists. Most prior efforts
at pollution control have been directed at defining the biochemical and
biological abnormalities caused by the pollutants and devising means to
specifically reverse the adverse effects. Ecosystems are far more
complicated than explainable by present-day science and interventions
are typically only marginally effective and often have unanticipated
adverse consequences. Nature can undergo self-corrective adjustments
within its various ecosystems to maintain their intended functions. The
term Nature’s allostasis has been introduced to describe such
adaptations. It is an energy and time-dependent process that may well
parallel evolution in being initially regulated by microbial life forms
and proceeding in a stepwise manner into beneficial and synergistic
microinvertebrate, macroinvertebrate, and vertebrate life forms. The
extent of disorder within an ecosystem, for example, due to excessive
amounts of toxic chemicals or the over-proliferation of pathogenic
microbes, may exceed Nature’s capacity for allostasis. At these
so-called tipping points, then can be further deterioration of the
functionality of the ecosystem. It is proposed that Nature uses a
natural force termed KELEA, an acronym for Kinetic Energy Limiting
Electrostatic Attraction. Means are available to increase the KELEA
levels of water. In doing so, it is possible to bring a disordered
ecosystem back into the range of correctable allostasis. This has been
shown in treated areas of Spirit Lake, Iowa, and other US locations
using pellets obtained from volcanic rocks. The volcanic material is
pulverized, heated to partial melting temperatures, and slowly cooled
before pelleting. A commercial product is referred to as Kiko
technology. Relatively few pellets are used in conjunction with biochar
and nutrients to increase the KELEA levels in water. A series of
questions are provided to advance the scientific understanding of KELEA
and Nature’s allostasis. Answering these questions should not await the
use of Kiko and possibly related technologies to improve the world’s
waterways.
Acknowledgment. Mr. James Osugi Chairman of Kiko Technology
Limited, registered in Hong Kong SAR, provided the Kiko pellets and
directions for their use. Mr. Steve Gruhn is an executive in the
corporation that provided the 42-biochar. He lives near Spirit Lake and
personally applied pellets and biochar to the first selected site. Mr.
Dave Sybesma of D&K Investments treated five other sloughs of Spirit
Lake. He has also supplied the mineral water solution. Research on KELEA
is supported by MI Hope Inc., a non-profit public charity. One of the
missions of MI Hope Inc. is to help in the compiling and reporting of
data relating to clinical, agricultural, and industrial applications of
KELEA. Additional nformation on KELEA is available online and in the
cited references.