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Environment & Energy

Warpy

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2. They've also pumped CO2 into deep, hot basalt in Iceland and watched it turn to limestone.

Reply to OKIsItJustMe (Original post)

Mon Jun 20, 2016, 08:16 PM

Jun 2016

The process took a few months but sequestering was complete. In BC, Canada, they've developed a process to trap CO2 in the atmosphere.

Now all we need to do is get all these people together and we can start to solve the problem before we're all dead.

(I'm baking in the southwest so I get to be pessimistic)

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Ancient rocks yield facts on CO2 storage [View all] OKIsItJustMe Jun 2016 OP

Science, it does a planet good. Agnosticsherbet Jun 2016 #1

They've also pumped CO2 into deep, hot basalt in Iceland and watched it turn to limestone. Warpy Jun 2016 #2

That is a *much* better option than "reservoirs" of CO2 ... Nihil Jun 2016 #3