A blog about societal, cultural, and civilizational collapse, and how to stave it off or survive it. Named after the legendary character "Crazy Eddie" in Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle's "The Mote in God's Eye." Expect news and views about culture, politics, economics, technology, and science fiction.
Wednesday, October 20, 2021
Can turning carbon dioxide into stone slow down climate change?
Planting trees serves as an example of "Nature knows best" for sequestering carbon, but this video shows it's not a good short-term solution. Another PBS Terra video shows one possible technique, but I'll save that for another video. Stay tuned.
Can we turn atmospheric carbon dioxide into stone?
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Spoiler Alert: carbon dioxide emissions are causing the planet to get warmer. But we may be able to use chemistry to solve this problem.
They’re joined by Cornell University Environmental Engineer Greeshma Gadikota, who illustrates how you can test out a small-scale form of carbon sequestration in your own home, and Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory’s Angela Slagle, who explains which places on Earth and the kinds of oceanic rocks that could play a role in scaling up CO2-to-stone transformation.
The geologist in me approves of this "Nature knows best" method of capturing carbon dioxide and sequestering it. So does the Crazy Eddie in me.
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