$100M xPrize for Carbon Removal

Re:$100M xPrize for Carbon Removal by otterley on Tuesday July 13, 2021 @04:42PM (#27826057)

Wait a minute. Are you saying that the animals in the Amazonian rain forest produce more CO2 than the plants within it consume? Do you have any data that shows this?

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Re:$100M xPrize for Carbon Removal by hitpointdrew on Tuesday July 13, 2021 @08:31PM (#27827991)

This is cited in the documentary "One Strange Rock". That is the only data I have. I am trusting that the documentary is accurate, I have not fact checked the documentary.

EDIT: You might find this PBS article interesting as well, https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/no-the-amazon-fires-won...

"Forest plants produce lots of oxygen, and forest microbes consume a lot of oxygen. As a result, net production of oxygen by forests – and indeed, all land plants – is very close to zero."

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Re:$100M xPrize for Carbon Removal by otterley on Tuesday July 13, 2021 @09:38PM (#27828528)

Saying net production of oxygen is zero is not identical to saying net sequestration of carbon dioxide is zero.

Photosynthesis: 6CO2 + 6H2O → C6H12O6 + 6O2

You can see here that there's glucose (a carbohydrate) being produced in addition to oxygen.

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