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Isn't it easier to plant lots of quick-growing plants (e.g. bamboo), then wait a few years, cut them down, bury underground as well, and repeat? Or make it a l
by deepsun 5y ago
Isn't it easier to plant lots of quick-growing plants (e.g. bamboo), then wait a few years, cut them down, bury underground as well, and repeat?
Or make it a liquid process to minimize moving parts -- grow bacteria in water solution, filter, and direct underground.
- CodeGlitch 5y agoI was thinking the same - the issue of course is that farm-able land is valuable, and we generally want to use that for food production. This is one of the reasons why we don't grow biofuels to power our cars. I do like your idea of a custom bacteria in water solution, I think algae has been engineered for biofuel production (not sure how well that turned out though).
- deegles 5y agoWhat if there was a genetically engineered bamboo that was denser than seawater, so that you could grow it and just dump it in the deep ocean... you could have trains of barges taking it to the coast and dumping it. Bamboo is also highly regular so its growth could probably be mechanized/automated to a degree.
- john_yaya 5y agoThere are some tropical fast-growing trees that are denser than water. In Costa Rica, there are rivers with logs on the bottom as a result of poorly-planned logging expeditions. The trees are so heavy partially because they take up silica from the soil - which is why they're also difficult to cut down.