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Originally Posted by Azure
Capturing and utilizing carbon is going to be the only solution going forward. We simply won't be able to lower emission rates quick enough.
Nice to see some different technologies being talked about.
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I am hoping things such as
accelerated weathering of olivine end up working out - a few sites I've see indicate that this is the primary mechanism that high CO2 levels have been reduced in the past (causing ice ages, etc.) so it seems like it would be a potentially lower impact option compared to various other geo-engineering options. It also helps mitigate ocean acidification.
Project Vesta has a really great breakdown of this option - the site seems overly optimistic about how easy it will be ("we only need to duplicate the coal mining industry in China to offset the world's current emissions") but on the face of it, it seems very promising.