jeffw@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agoHow Much Energy Would It Take to Pull Carbon Dioxide out of the Air?www.wired.comexternal-linkmessage-square72fedilinkarrow-up1156arrow-down14
arrow-up1152arrow-down1external-linkHow Much Energy Would It Take to Pull Carbon Dioxide out of the Air?www.wired.comjeffw@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square72fedilink
minus-squarefrezik@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·6 months 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-up1·6 months 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!