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GliderGuider

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8. No, I'd go and do something else with my energy.

Tue Aug 6, 2013, 06:29 PM

Aug 2013

There is no bandaid. Bandaids in this case are a comforting self-delusion. Plus, I'm not that much into "saving", frankly. Not that I think humanity isn't a very nice species, but I prefer to let things unfold without intervention on the species front. Especially since if I participated in the intervention that would give inadvertent credibility to the idea that it might help. It won't.

I'll intervene for things I can help with, like making sure my partner gets to her physiotherapy sessions, and making sure the food in the fridge as as organic as I can afford. CCS and similar schemes aren't on the menu.

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Field test could lead to reducing CO2 emissions worldwide (sequestration in deep basalt formation) [View all] OKIsItJustMe Aug 2013 OP

And compressed gas underground *could* leak back out ... eppur_se_muova Aug 2013 #1

You�re missed the whole point of this approach OKIsItJustMe Aug 2013 #3

Yes ... react *slowly*. eppur_se_muova Aug 2013 #9

Gas, sealed beneath a layer of basalt OKIsItJustMe Aug 2013 #10

Well stated. kristopher Aug 2013 #17

That's the point of using this particular geology Yo_Mama Aug 2013 #5

I can't help but think GliderGuider Aug 2013 #2

Right, much better to do nothing. OKIsItJustMe Aug 2013 #4

Actually, I think it is. GliderGuider Aug 2013 #6

And, if there were a chance that the band-aid would help, even a slight chance? OKIsItJustMe Aug 2013 #7

No, I'd go and do something else with my energy. GliderGuider Aug 2013 #8

CCS had better be on the menu OKIsItJustMe Aug 2013 #11

CCS won't help that. It's designed to work with concentrated CO2 collected at source IIRC. GliderGuider Aug 2013 #12

CCS actually can help reduce carbon OKIsItJustMe Aug 2013 #13

Good luck with it. GliderGuider Aug 2013 #14

We would need 15,000,000 similar storage units to store the equivalent of 1 PPM CO2 wtmusic Aug 2013 #15

Well, we might suspect it is your math that is at fault OKIsItJustMe Aug 2013 #16

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