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I've always maintained that the solution to carbon capture and sequestration would be biological in nature. This is great news indeed.
by Beltiras 10y ago
I've always maintained that the solution to carbon capture and sequestration would be biological in nature. This is great news indeed.
- throwaway7312 10y agoMan produces CO2. Global warming. Man produces CO2-eating organism. Global cooling. Snowball Earth? [1] Wasn't there a campy French-Korean movie about this with Captain America in it? [2] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowball_Earth https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowball_Earth [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowpiercer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowpiercer
- ceejayoz 10y agoLet's just hope the solution to the Fermi Paradox isn't similarly biological in nature. Maybe CRISPR-style stuff is the Great Filter as we go and suck all the CO2 out of the ecosystem accidentally.
- mcbits 10y agoWe know a lot of ways to replenish CO2, and if that's not enough, our two nearest neighboring planets are swimming in it. Maybe the others weren't so lucky!
- gwern 10y agoFreeman Dyson would probably be pleased by this work.