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Not much information about the actual mechanism at work here. Why farmland specifically? Why basalt specifically?
by beervirus 6y ago
Not much information about the actual mechanism at work here. Why farmland specifically? Why basalt specifically?
- kthejoker2 6y agohttps://eos.org/articles/basalts-turn-carbon-into-stone-for-permanent-storage https://eos.org/articles/basalts-turn-carbon-into-stone-for-... I assume farmland because it's convenient for mass spreading and well-irrigated.
- chidg 6y agoFarmland is a good place to put it because rock dust is also high in phosphorous and other minerals and for that reason is often used anyway as a fertiliser, particularly in organic agriculture. Basalt is one of the types of rock that can react with CO2 to trap carbon.