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I wonder how did you get to 5 gigatons per year and for how long do you think CO2 should be removed from the air ? If the emissions magically went to 0 now, w
by nick__m 3y ago
I wonder how did you get to 5 gigatons per year and for how long do you think CO2 should be removed from the air ?
If the emissions magically went to 0 now, would you still suggest that we scrub 5 gigatons per year ?
- epistasis 3y agoGood question, I'm thinking specifically of maintaining 1.5C, as outlined in the IPCC Specialt Report, for example figure 2.5 here: https://www.ipcc.ch/sr15/graphics/ https://www.ipcc.ch/sr15/graphics/ It's quite likely that our delayed reaction we will need to do 10-20GT/year for the second half of this century, indefinitely.
- nick__m 3y agothanks, I now get where your number are coming from and it make sense