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I'm positive on bioengineering carbon capture tech. Not aligned on investing in a land-based solution as ~70% of the Earth's surface is water-covered. Also, alg
by axmgroup 5y ago
I'm positive on bioengineering carbon capture tech. Not aligned on investing in a land-based solution as ~70% of the Earth's surface is water-covered. Also, algae are already the fastest growing plants on Earth, before any genetic engineering.
From first principles, why not focus efforts on the most scalable and fastest carbon fixing planyts?
- moffkalast 5y agoAlgae make more oxygen but they don't store it (unless you count them being eaten by progressively larger fish until the last one drops dead somewhere deep in the ocean). Make mangroves instead, best of both worlds.
- mikeg8 5y agoRE land-based vs ocean-based: true, ~70% of the surface is covered in a water, BUT most of that is relatively barren open ocean. The most bio-diverse and productive parts of the ocean are within a couple hundred miles of coastlines and underwater shelves/canyons etc. Ocean plants and algaes grow in a very very small portion of that ~70%.