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Re:Sure, Earth Could Get Hit by a Deadly Asteroid–But There’... by andrewflnr on Friday December 23, 2016 @06:25PM (#13247785) 

  some machine that quickly and easily pulled
  carbon out of the atmosphere
I want this so we can colonize Venus.
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Re:Sure, Earth Could Get Hit by a Deadly Asteroid–But There’... by m_mueller on Friday December 23, 2016 @07:05PM (#13247927)
It's pretty simple really - just put back all the binding energy we gained from burning up that fossil fuel, minus what earth was able to absorb in the meantime. Hint: Start as early as possible, because the risk for positive feedbacks to nullify your efforts grows every year.
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Re:Sure, Earth Could Get Hit by a Deadly Asteroid–But There’... by jp555 on Friday December 23, 2016 @11:39PM (#13248606)
Isn't Venus almost devoid of hydrogen? We're going need a lot of it to make water.
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