Perhaps it may be feasible to take it to industrial areas and spread it there. Mix it with several other options and it may play its part.
Steven Parkes +27848193040 On Nov 14, 5:32 am, "Alvia Gaskill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A more out in the open version of the Oman-pump-it-into-the-ground strategy, > this time applied for air capture of CO2. To remove 270 MtC, about 3% of > global emissions, requires spreading an area of nearly 650,000 square miles > (20% the land area of Australia or all of the Greenland Ice Sheet for > comparative purposes) with a 0.4mm thick layer of olivine milled to 100 > microns. The reaction is slow, taking at least a year. Conclusion: takes > too much land and cost of spreading it would be prohibitive. > > ftp://ftp.geog.uu.nl/pub/posters/2008/Let_the_earth_help_us_to_save_t... > > The Larvatus Prodeo folks have been pondering this as well: > > http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/11/12/yet-another-geoengineering-propo... > > Let_the_earth_help_us_to_save_the_earth-Schuiling_June2008.pdf > 2707KViewDownload --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "geoengineering" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/geoengineering?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
