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Environment & Energy

DetlefK

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2. The title is gravely misleading.

Reply to IronLionZion (Original post)

Fri Jun 14, 2019, 01:09 PM

Jun 2019

Plants don't bury CO2. They make a chemical reaction with the CO2 and turn it into something else. The CO2 is gone.

There are plans to actually bury CO2. You just pump it into underground caves and seal them. Which is of course bullshit, because even the tiniest crack from geological activity will release it again.

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The new plan to remove a trillion tons of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere: Bury it [View all] IronLionZion Jun 2019 OP

Hope it works, however, . . . empedocles Jun 2019 #1

The title is gravely misleading. DetlefK Jun 2019 #2

A trillion tonnes of CO2 contains 280 billion tonnes of carbon The_jackalope Jun 2019 #3

I'll believe it when it happens pscot Jun 2019 #4

Best bet is to figure out how to use the excess carbon dioxide (besides plants too)... SWBTATTReg Jun 2019 #5

My flippant proposal for sequestering carbon is: Sinistrous Jun 2019 #6