Re:Down on the farm that harvests metal from plants
by pfdietz on Sunday March 01, 2020 @02:16PM
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Another possibility would be to grind up olivine and spread that on the field. Olivine is a nesosilicate (orthosilicate) so it dissolves readily in weak acid conditions. And it's typically a few tenths of a percent nickel.
The dissolution of olivine would liberate magnesium ions, which could react with water and CO2, permanently sequestering the CO2 as carbonate.
The dissolution of olivine would liberate magnesium ions, which could react with water and CO2, permanently sequestering the CO2 as carbonate.