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You guys are amazing. This has been one of my wet dreams as far as a natural carbon capture mechanisms go. It always seemed like a no-brainer to me. I wonder ho
by Apofis 5y ago
You guys are amazing. This has been one of my wet dreams as far as a natural carbon capture mechanisms go. It always seemed like a no-brainer to me. I wonder how far this can go? I know it's a fantasy, but imagine we can get sequoias to grow at a monstrous pace? It'll be a massive boon to CO2 draw-down, which is the real issue since not a single country on earth is on track to meeting 2050 Paris Accord goals. Good luck guys and hopefully maybe one day in the future we may partner on project. Keep on rockin'!
- ncmncm 5y agoThis seems like good work, and engineering trees to sequester hazardous metals, or to (e.g.) tolerate nickel-rich olivine soil additions will be a net good. Planting trees costs little. But if we are interested in mass carbon capture, there may be more value per dollar invested in pumping surface water down to very deep ocean depths. Such pumps could be driven directly by floating wind turbines, maybe without need for expensive electrical components, and could also raise deep, cold, neutral water to the surface to help mediate acidification and high-temperature coral bleaching. Probably we should be seeding both, along with lots of others, and see which ones achieve more. We will probably be surprised by the results. Edit: To be clear, there may be much more value here in the other things they are doing than in increased carbon capture, and we should be evaluating the work more on the other things. If they capture carbon, too, that is good.
- danuker 5y agoA back-of-the-envelope calculation [0] shows that, to offset the US CO2 emissions, you need to plant about 20 million trees PER DAY. [0] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqht2bIQXIY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqht2bIQXIY