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I do believe there is work being done on this. That said, removing carbon from the oceans, burning it and releasing it back into the atmosphere feels a little b

by blix 7y ago

I do believe there is work being done on this. That said, removing carbon from the oceans, burning it and releasing it back into the atmosphere feels a little bit counterproductive to me.

EugeneOZ 7y ago
At least it will slowdown oceans acidification until people find how to give enough power to the planes without liquid fuel. In this particular idea I don't like the ship - it will pollute the ocean while transferring the fuel.
- afiori 7y ago
  I ear a lot of talk about airplane pollution, is it actually a significant contribution?
  - T-A 7y ago
    About 2% of CO2 emissions, according to this: https://www.atag.org/facts-figures.html https://www.atag.org/facts-figures.html
  - EugeneOZ 7y ago
    Doesn't matter. Point is: while we need airplanes, we need to power them. While we can't power them using "green" sources of power, we should use liquid fuels. And while we need them, this idea (topic-starter) sounds reasonable.
blacksqr 7y ago
>removing carbon from the oceans, burning it and releasing it back into the atmosphere feels a little bit counterproductive to me That's the plan in the OP, isn't it?
xbmcuser 7y ago
Not really as it will stop increase of carbon dioxide. Ocean carbon dioxide also comes from the atmosphere a system where carbon dioxide is just recycled through the atmosphere and oceans system will mean we won't be adding more carbon in the system. That is the current problem the world is producing more and more carbon each year first we need to stop the growth at least reversing it can come once we stop increasing it.
neltnerb 7y ago
I've been thinking about this particular one a lot, and I think the difference is that it still displaces carbon that would have come from the ground otherwise. Plus in a magical future where energy is cheap and no fossil fuels are used at all, the methanol can be easily used to synthesize many useful chemicals.

by blix 7y ago

I do believe there is work being done on this. That said, removing carbon from the oceans, burning it and releasing it back into the atmosphere feels a little bit counterproductive to me.

EugeneOZ 7y ago

At least it will slowdown oceans acidification until people find how to give enough power to the planes without liquid fuel. In this particular idea I don't like the ship - it will pollute the ocean while transferring the fuel.

afiori 7y ago
I ear a lot of talk about airplane pollution, is it actually a significant contribution?
- T-A 7y ago
  About 2% of CO2 emissions, according to this: https://www.atag.org/facts-figures.html https://www.atag.org/facts-figures.html
- EugeneOZ 7y ago
  Doesn't matter. Point is: while we need airplanes, we need to power them. While we can't power them using "green" sources of power, we should use liquid fuels. And while we need them, this idea (topic-starter) sounds reasonable.

blacksqr 7y ago

>removing carbon from the oceans, burning it and releasing it back into the atmosphere feels a little bit counterproductive to me That's the plan in the OP, isn't it?

xbmcuser 7y ago

Not really as it will stop increase of carbon dioxide. Ocean carbon dioxide also comes from the atmosphere a system where carbon dioxide is just recycled through the atmosphere and oceans system will mean we won't be adding more carbon in the system. That is the current problem the world is producing more and more carbon each year first we need to stop the growth at least reversing it can come once we stop increasing it.

neltnerb 7y ago

I've been thinking about this particular one a lot, and I think the difference is that it still displaces carbon that would have come from the ground otherwise. Plus in a magical future where energy is cheap and no fossil fuels are used at all, the methanol can be easily used to synthesize many useful chemicals.