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If we could suck 101% of the carbon we produce in a day out of the air, how would the effect global efforts to go carbon neutral? (midwest.social)

submitted 2 years ago by butter@midwest.social to c/askmidwest@midwest.social

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Obviously, this will probably never happen. In the best future for humanity, maybe we can drop our emissions enough to allow for such a thing. But more likely societal collapse

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[–] sbv@sh.itjust.works -1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I'm not sure I'd trust the marketing produced by a for-profit company trying to sell a solution.

[–] AliasAKA@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

https://www.usgs.gov/news/featured-story/making-minerals-how-growing-rocks-can-help-reduce-carbon-emissions#:~:text=Carbon%20mineralization%20is%20the%20process,escape%20back%20to%20the%20atmosphere.

USGS article on it. You can also read up on these reactions in chemistry text books or online. If still unsatisfied, you could conceivably get a rock and some carbon and run the reaction yourself.

Regardless, the process is well characterized from a chemistry standpoint.

[–] imPastaSyndrome@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Sell it?! Who are they selling science to? What would they even sell? They didn't patent the technology of putting carbonated water near rocks

[–] sbv@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago

It looks like they're planning to sell offsets:

At present, Carbfix does not have a carbon offsetting program for individuals and companies to offset their emissions. However, please check again in the near future!