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Re:Adding Crushed Rock to Farmland Pulls Carbon Out of the Air by Belopolye on Wednesday October 25, 2023 @01:44PM (#38015706)
Hydro-powered rock crushers? Wikipedia gives an example of a waterwheel-powered machine that crushed tin ore in Cornwall in the 1800s.

Maybe mixing the crushed rock in with seeds when they’re already being planted?

Re:Adding Crushed Rock to Farmland Pulls Carbon Out of the Air by the_sleaze9 on Wednesday October 25, 2023 @02:24PM (#38016334)
More than likely using the water source to generate electricity that then powers whatever modern machinery you'd ever need is going to be significantly more efficient.

Windmills were used to crush grain too, but wind turbines are orders of magnitude better in terms of a solution.

Re:Adding Crushed Rock to Farmland Pulls Carbon Out of the Air by vonwolfhausen on Wednesday October 25, 2023 @02:35PM (#38016506)
Indeed, the largest active olivine quarry is in Norway, it's all hydro!
Re:Adding Crushed Rock to Farmland Pulls Carbon Out of the Air by another2another on Thursday October 26, 2023 @10:54AM (#38026388)
And then load it onto a sailing ship - carbon neutral!

I'm not kidding either.