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Oil before burning is an incredibly concentrated source of carbon. After burning, it’s less than 0.05% of the makeup of the atmosphere. If it were so simple, w
by stouset 3y ago
Oil before burning is an incredibly concentrated source of carbon. After burning, it’s less than 0.05% of the makeup of the atmosphere.
If it were so simple, we’d be doing it. Over here in reality, carbon capture remains a difficult and unsolved problem in practice, requiring enormous amounts of energy that is—at present—generally far better put to use replacing carbon-based forms of energy than trying to put the carbon genie back into the oil barrel.
- GreedClarifies 3y agoThat's an interesting way to move the goalposts. You started with a complex macro object and said it's difficult to reassemble. I noted that the reaction is actually simple, this isn't an information problem. This is a technology problem, and one we are actively working on. And with the correct technology it is a not a large problem.
- stouset 3y agoYes, not a large problem at all. We just have to bioengineer a new organism that has to be wildly successful in its biome while simultaneously not becoming food for other aquatic life nor subject to decomposition after death. Trivial, really.