There is no Plan B for dealing with the climate crisis

Re:There is no Plan B for dealing with the climate crisis by AstralStorm on Tuesday September 24, 2019 @06:06AM (#21058246)

It's not enough. There are not enough olivine rock deposits. It also attacks CO2 only, skipping methane and freon.

Simple back of the envelope math ruins this alleged plan. It can be a part of the big effort, but alone it won't do nearly anywhere enough.

Plus the problem is, the deposits are not in the places that emit GHG. You need to put them where they can be most effective. That's not free.

And then you have to get the world to not pump yet more GHG into atmosphere.

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Re:There is no Plan B for dealing with the climate crisis by aaron_m04 on Thursday September 26, 2019 @09:50PM (#21087659)

I would like to see your back of the envelope math.

And isn't it okay that this doesn't address methane, etc. as long as it sequesters enough CO2 to offset the radiative forcing from the extra methane?

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