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OKIsItJustMe

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8. “to decrease atmospheric levels to those of the pre-industrial revolution within 10 years”

Reply to NickB79 (Reply #7)

Thu Aug 20, 2015, 06:39 PM

Aug 2015

So, unless you want to go that far, you may not need 300,000 square miles…

Personally, I think shooting for carbon neutrality would be a heck of a good start. (i.e. suck as much carbon out of the atmosphere each year as we’re putting in.)

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‘Diamonds from the sky’ approach turns CO2 into valuable products [View all] OKIsItJustMe Aug 2015 OP

What's the hold up? - ruffburr Aug 2015 #1

My thoughts exactly Politicalboi Aug 2015 #3

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I've attended lots of ACS meetings with presentations like this. At the meeting in Indianapolis... NNadir Aug 2015 #4

I’m confident you’d promote this idea as a breakthrough… OKIsItJustMe Aug 2015 #5

Molten carbonates have been widely explored in nuclear settings... NNadir Aug 2015 #6

"a physical area less than 10 percent the size of the Sahara Desert" Oh, is that all??? NickB79 Aug 2015 #7

“to decrease atmospheric levels to those of the pre-industrial revolution within 10 years” OKIsItJustMe Aug 2015 #8