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I think the all the proposals inflight and their associated debates are warranted. I've read that the oceans end up absorbing majority of the CO2 emitted, if t
by filereaper 7y ago
I think the all the proposals inflight and their associated debates are warranted.
I've read that the oceans end up absorbing majority of the CO2 emitted, if that's the case, I haven't seen anything (to my knowledge) that goes towards accelerating this in a sustained way for the marine ecosystem.
The oceans are far larger and I suspect will have less issues with rolling out methods of coping with CO2 i.e won't disrupt jobs or or ways of life.
Does it make sense to attack the problem that way? It has the potential to scale much more quickly. Is there a company attacking this sorts of issues like SolarCity?
- itamarst 7y agoProbably doesn't make sense to do that, no: https://news.mit.edu/2019/carbon-threshold-mass-extinction-0708 https://news.mit.edu/2019/carbon-threshold-mass-extinction-0...
- gwbas1c 7y agoRight now increased CO2 in our air is making the ocean more acidic. (Basically, go buy a plain seltzer and then let it go flat. That acidic taste is what's happening to our oceans.) I vaguely remember a carbon capture scheme that takes advantage of this. I think it basically accelerates the act of carbon settling in the bottom of the ocean as a particulate matter. (Granted, I'm not an expert and someone who knows more can probably explain more.)
- graeme 7y agoOcean acidification causes a lot of problems. We depend on those ecosystems too.
- gwbas1c 7y agoI'm surprised at the downvotes considering this link is on the HN frontpage right now: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20403570 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20403570 https://projectvesta.org/ https://projectvesta.org/