Adding Crushed Rock to Farmland Pulls Carbon Out of the Air

Re:Adding Crushed Rock to Farmland Pulls Carbon Out of the Air by klysm on Wednesday October 25, 2023 @02:34PM (#38016485)

what about using rock that's already being crushed for processes like that? Still have the transport but may as well use the ground stuff for something.

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Re:Adding Crushed Rock to Farmland Pulls Carbon Out of the Air by chinchilla2020 on Wednesday October 25, 2023 @02:36PM (#38016509)

Possibly. I am not familiar with the sort of basalt they are using here.

It may very well make sense under those conditions.

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Re:Adding Crushed Rock to Farmland Pulls Carbon Out of the Air by kisamoto on Wednesday October 25, 2023 @02:46PM (#38016672)

Olivine is in ready supply as a by-product from the mining industry. There are piles of it laying around (which don't have the same effect as spreading it out) although they do need to be transported to projects.

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Re:Adding Crushed Rock to Farmland Pulls Carbon Out of the Air by klysm on Wednesday October 25, 2023 @05:01PM (#38018333)

By-product is the word I was looking for. Hopefully there isn’t a need for primary production

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Re:Adding Crushed Rock to Farmland Pulls Carbon Out of the Air by kansface on Wednesday October 25, 2023 @02:46PM (#38016671)

We are talking about adding it to farmland so we really care about yields and safety.

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