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The only thing that makes it difficult is human nature. We already know how to remove co2 from the air. Plant large amounts of fast growing plants like bamboo,
by zaphar 5y ago
The only thing that makes it difficult is human nature. We already know how to remove co2 from the air. Plant large amounts of fast growing plants like bamboo, sequester them after they grow. Repeat. But there is no financial incentive to do so, and therefore it doesn't happen. This is not a technical program. It's a persuasion problem and therefore way more difficult to pull off.
- inglor_cz 5y ago"Plant large amounts of fast growing plants like bamboo, sequester them after they grow. " Where? Good soil that supports fast growing plants is generally used for growing food. Poor soil won't do. Not to mention the risk of habitat destruction. See: palm oil production, once considered ecological, now understood as a danger to tropical rainforests. Ideally, you would have to do this in a non-corrupt, not very much populated, country that has warm climate, a lot of rain and a lot of good soil. IDK who exactly fulfills these criteria.
- zaphar 5y agoThis is probably more of a feature than a problem. Those are the exact countries that we are asking to shoulder a higher burden than the others since they are behind the curve on development. If richer countries provided financial opportunities via this with proper oversight it might overcome some of the pushback from those countries. But again, this is a human problem not a technical one.