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Re:The SpaceX Starship is a big deal by ansible on Wednesday October 30, 2019 @10:16AM (#21397979)
> The only real problem at that point is ocean acidification, which I think won't be reversed by cooling things down again.

From what I understand, it will help... eventually.

If ambient temperatures come back to normal, then the ocean won't absorb as much CO2.

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Re:The SpaceX Starship is a big deal by beerandt on Wednesday October 30, 2019 @11:10AM (#21398574)
The bigger issue is the large amount of co2 that the ocean will quickly release back into the atmosphere as temperature and partial-pressure drop.

It would be better if we could come up with a way to neutralize / sequester the co2 already in the ocean.

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Re:The SpaceX Starship is a big deal by DuskStar on Wednesday October 30, 2019 @04:24PM (#21402198)
That's Project Vesta: https://projectvesta.org/

Basically, artificial green-sand beaches which absorb CO2 as they weather.

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Re:The SpaceX Starship is a big deal by eloff on Wednesday October 30, 2019 @10:18AM (#21398001)
Yes, I think so. I wonder by how much.
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