jeffw@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 21 days agoHow Much Energy Would It Take to Pull Carbon Dioxide out of the Air?www.wired.comexternal-linkmessage-square72fedilinkarrow-up1157arrow-down15
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minus-squarefreziklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·21 days agoTrees are great for other reasons, but they grow far too slow to capture significant carbon. The fastest natural carbon sinks are algae.
minus-squareNegativeInf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·20 days 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!
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!