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A few years ago I read a paper that suggested freezing the CO2 out of the atmosphere, covering it with a layer of thermally-insulating material, and then puttin
by cgriswald 10y ago
A few years ago I read a paper that suggested freezing the CO2 out of the atmosphere, covering it with a layer of thermally-insulating material, and then putting oceans of liquid water on top of it to keep it sequestered. [0]
[0] - http://www.orionsarm.com/fm_store/TerraformingVenusQuickly.pdf http://www.orionsarm.com/fm_store/TerraformingVenusQuickly.p...
- aaron_m04 10y agoIs that a good long-term solution? Can the CO2 just be left there forever?
- cgriswald 10y agoThe long term solution (per the paper) is to harvest the CO2. The paper states the CO2 will melt over time, but not as quickly as it can be harvested, and that water may even be poured in to melt it faster.