This research attracted quite a bit of controversy on the list when it was first reported. I think that the recent OIF Haida scandal shows how difficult public acceptance will be, and how even simple research could attract international outcry and possible legal intervention.
A On Dec 14, 2012 11:13 PM, "Joshua Jacobs" <joshic...@gmail.com> wrote: > Despite its shortcomings, OIF may have a role. > > I don't know if the following research has been followed up on: > > Ocean Sequestration of Crop Residue Carbon: > Recycling Fossil Fuel Carbon Back to Deep Sediments > > Stuard E. Strand, Gregory Benford > > For significant impact any method to remove CO2 from the atmosphere must > process large amounts of carbon efficiently, be repeatable, sequester > carbon for thousands of years, be practical, economical and be implemented > soon. The only method that meets these criteria is removal of crop residues > and burial in the deep ocean. We show here that this method is 92% > efficient in sequestration of crop residue carbon while cellulosic ethanol > production is only 32% and soil sequestration is about 14% efficient. Deep > ocean sequestration can potentially capture 15% of the current global CO2 > annual > increase, returning that carbon back to deep sediments, confining the > carbon for millennia, while using existing capital infrastructure and > technology. Because of these clear advantages, we recommend enhanced > research into permanent sequestration of crop residues in the deep ocean. > > http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/es8015556 > > > On Thursday, December 13, 2012 2:35:53 PM UTC-8, Wil Burns wrote: >> >> FYI. Wil http://sydney.edu.au/news/84.**html?newscategoryid=2&** >> newsstoryid=10740&utm_source=**console&utm_medium=news&utm_**campaign=cws<http://sydney.edu.au/news/84.html?newscategoryid=2&newsstoryid=10740&utm_source=console&utm_medium=news&utm_campaign=cws> >> >> -- >> Dr. Wil Burns, Associate Director >> Master of Science - Energy Policy & Climate Program >> Johns Hopkins University >> 1717 Massachusetts Avenue, NW >> Room 104J >> Washington, DC 20036 >> 202.663.5976 (Office phone) >> 650.281.9126 (Mobile) >> wbu...@jhu.edu >> http://advanced.jhu.edu/**academic/environmental/master-** >> of-science-in-energy-policy-**and-climate/index.html<http://advanced.jhu.edu/academic/environmental/master-of-science-in-energy-policy-and-climate/index.html> >> SSRN site (selected publications): http://ssrn.com/author=240348 >> >> >> Skype ID: Wil.Burns >> >> Teaching Climate/Energy Law & Policy Blog: http://www.teachingclimatelaw. >> **org <http://www.teachingclimatelaw.org> >> >> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "geoengineering" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/geoengineering/-/Yoc5bpSLx_oJ. > To post to this group, send email to geoengineering@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > geoengineering+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/geoengineering?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "geoengineering" group. To post to this group, send email to geoengineering@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to geoengineering+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/geoengineering?hl=en.
