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Would be interesting to know what you think of project Vesta [1]. Their approach involves weathering olivine on beaches to speed up the long-term carbon cycle.
by zubspace 7y ago
Would be interesting to know what you think of project Vesta [1]. Their approach involves weathering olivine on beaches to speed up the long-term carbon cycle.
[1] https://projectvesta.org/ https://projectvesta.org/
- avip 7y agoI would be interested in knowing who is coordinating the Vesta spam attack, and why. EW could hardly be called "a technology" as of today. http://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2018/05/enhanced-weathering-factsheet/ http://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2018/05/enhanced-weathe...
- zubspace 7y agoThank you for putting project Vesta into perspective. As a layman in this field I can only observe, that topics regarding climate change and carbon sequestration appear alot more frequently here than a year before. I can only guess, that more people are realizing that there's a need for change. But there's no clear path forward. So every project providing even a small chance for success gets into the news. I don't know if that is good or bad, but it's fricking hard to get a good picture of the current situation and what projects are worth investing in...
- avip 7y agoYes they appear more frequently as people (finally!) understand that CC is not a "projected future" but a rapidly deteriorating present. I'm kind of worried we're getting lots of CC propaganda though. I usually consult project drawdown or IPCC for facts-check.
- lucb1e 7y agoSame here, I'm having a hard time telling which one will actually help. The one that seems most promising to me is Climeworks. I wrote a bit more about what they told me in another comment last week: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20544179 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20544179
- avip 7y agoDAC definitely shows potential. But do note the numbers: climeworks, GlobalThermostat and CarbonEngineering combined sequester few thousand metric tons/year - less than the output of 500 Americans.
- lucb1e 7y agoThey claim they won't give out more certificates than they captured. Once they hit the limit, we'll know, and they'll have enough subscriber money and incentive to start expanding I should hope!
- kekeke 7y agoHow do you mean "spam attack". Is Vesta some kind of scam?
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