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I love this project. But I worry they are going to have trouble getting permission to scale this up. I read that the amount of kg of Carbon sequestered per kg o
by robbomacrae 5y ago
I love this project. But I worry they are going to have trouble getting permission to scale this up. I read that the amount of kg of Carbon sequestered per kg of Olivine put down is roughly 1:1. Let's say the average American has an annual carbon footprint of 16 tonnes. Maybe we can aim to reduce that to 10 with lifestyle changes such as cutting out most meat and driving electric. That is still 10 tons of Olivine each American is effectively going to have to put on a beach somewhere per year to be carbon neutral. I'm personally totally OK with turning all our beaches green if they can show it doesn't damage ecosystems but I can guarantee you there will be a lot of NIMBYism pushing back against this.
Don't get me wrong it's possibly a great weapon against clime change and we are going to need every single one.