@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 1 year agoHow Much Energy Would It Take to Pull Carbon Dioxide out of the Air?www.wired.comexternal-linkmessage-square72fedilinkarrow-up1158
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish11•1 year agoI know something better and it’s solar powered: Trees!
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish6•1 year agoBut think of all the space that would take! If you replant forests where are we going to put our superhighways and parking lots?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish7•1 year agoTrees are great for other reasons, but they grow far too slow to capture significant carbon. The fastest natural carbon sinks are algae.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agoI say, we damn up all of the arctic circle, propagate Azolla there, kill it off and sink it every season. Nature did it once! We can do it again!
I know something better and it’s solar powered: Trees!
But think of all the space that would take! If you replant forests where are we going to put our superhighways and parking lots?
Trees are great for other reasons, but they grow far too slow to capture significant carbon. The fastest natural carbon sinks are algae.
I say, we damn up all of the arctic circle, propagate Azolla there, kill it off and sink it every season. Nature did it once! We can do it again!