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If you - as an individual or a company - also want to kick-start the market for carbon removal then check out my project https://carbonremoved.com https://carbo

If you - as an individual or a company - also want to kick-start the market for carbon removal then check out my project https://carbonremoved.com https://carbonremoved.com We offer subscriptions and one-time purchases for a carbon removal portfolio with direct air capture, olivine, bio-oil and forestation. The removal mix is currently defined by us but we're building the option to make this fully customizable. In the mean time you can email me at ewan@<the domain above> and I will be happy to answer any questions or build you a fully custom portfolio.

boplicity 5y ago
I like the idea, but I would much rather support a version of this that doesn't include re-forestation. Is that something you're thinking of offering?
- cwkoss 5y ago
  What is your concern about reforestation? Sounds like a good thing to me, but I don't know much about it. (Monoculture issues?)
  - toomuchtodo 5y ago
    Lots of governance issues. Is there long term management of the area reforested? or is it done quickly and poorly and the benefits are overstated? There’s also no guarantee the forest stays standing, but the money has already been collected. Mineralization (Climeworks) is much more expensive per ton but is assured to stay sequestered in inert, stable form.
- kisamoto 5y ago
  As a company we want to support a portfolio so we generally recommend a minimum of 2% in every method but I do understand your concern about forestation and we do have a 'tech only' plan in the pipeline to address exactly that.
  - boplicity 5y ago
    Thank you for the reply! One of my other thoughts, is that things like a direct-air carbon capture facility require a big upfront investment. What do you think about a "fundraiser" to make one possible. I.E., it would be gratifying to donate money, knowing it would be going directly to the construction of a new long-term carbon capture facility. I would then be confident that my donation would be going towards new sources of carbon removal. (Ha -- Kickstarter for carbon capture???)
    - kisamoto 5y ago
      Interesting take - maybe something we should branch into ;) Actually a lot of carbon removers are currently trying to sell removals for the future. Shopify and Stripe are both spending money for removals that will only be taken out of the atmosphere in some years. For us we try to focus on products that are actively delivering at the moment. We want our customers to actually be able to say their footprint has been removed. I think though an 'innovation' plan or similar for methods that are maybe only at prototype phase could be possible. We just have to decided what happens if the project is unable to deliver in the future.

boplicity 5y ago

I like the idea, but I would much rather support a version of this that doesn't include re-forestation. Is that something you're thinking of offering?

cwkoss 5y ago
What is your concern about reforestation? Sounds like a good thing to me, but I don't know much about it. (Monoculture issues?)
- toomuchtodo 5y ago
  Lots of governance issues. Is there long term management of the area reforested? or is it done quickly and poorly and the benefits are overstated? There’s also no guarantee the forest stays standing, but the money has already been collected. Mineralization (Climeworks) is much more expensive per ton but is assured to stay sequestered in inert, stable form.
kisamoto 5y ago
As a company we want to support a portfolio so we generally recommend a minimum of 2% in every method but I do understand your concern about forestation and we do have a 'tech only' plan in the pipeline to address exactly that.
- boplicity 5y ago
  Thank you for the reply! One of my other thoughts, is that things like a direct-air carbon capture facility require a big upfront investment. What do you think about a "fundraiser" to make one possible. I.E., it would be gratifying to donate money, knowing it would be going directly to the construction of a new long-term carbon capture facility. I would then be confident that my donation would be going towards new sources of carbon removal. (Ha -- Kickstarter for carbon capture???)
  - kisamoto 5y ago
    Interesting take - maybe something we should branch into ;) Actually a lot of carbon removers are currently trying to sell removals for the future. Shopify and Stripe are both spending money for removals that will only be taken out of the atmosphere in some years. For us we try to focus on products that are actively delivering at the moment. We want our customers to actually be able to say their footprint has been removed. I think though an 'innovation' plan or similar for methods that are maybe only at prototype phase could be possible. We just have to decided what happens if the project is unable to deliver in the future.