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All the fossil fuels we've been burning is introducing carbon back into the biosphere. The key to carbon removal is to sequester it back somewhere where it won'
by BitwiseFool 5y ago
All the fossil fuels we've been burning is introducing carbon back into the biosphere. The key to carbon removal is to sequester it back somewhere where it won't be circulating in nature. It's not enough to plant more trees, as those new trees' carbon will just continue to cycle through the environment.
- wyager 5y agoWhy do I want to prevent carbon from circulating in nature? I like plants and animals and I want more of them.
- BitwiseFool 5y agoThe main problem is that we've released so much, so fast, that there really isn't a productive place for it to go. The other problem is that humanity keeps expanding and there's not much free space left for nature preserves. If you wanted to plant a new rainforest, where would you possibly put it? We're already cutting down swathes of existing ones just to feed and house our expanding populations. So sadly, most of that extra carbon just remains in the air.