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marylandblue

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12. Yes the 800 billion tons was perfect
Tue Sep 12, 2017, 10:12 PM
Sep 2017

But it was because over the long term, most of the world's CO2 ends up in the oceans. Right now we are adding CO2 to the atmosphere faster than the oceans can absorb it. The solution is to reduce CO2 emissions to the amount that the oceans can absorb. This is technically achievable, it's politics that stands in the way. The amount of land needed for solar to power all of the world's energy needs in 2030 is shown by the red outlined squares on this map

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