Comment by beAbU

6 days ago

I dont even know where to to start with the math, but I always wondered if there is not a viable carbon capture business in just growing and burying plants.

Get some fast growing plant like Japanese Knotweed or bamboo, grow it out for a year, harvest and dump the biomass into a decomissioned mineshaft to minimize contact with the atmosphere. Rinse and repeat.

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elmolino89  4 days ago

One does not even need to bury anything. For example miscanthus giganteus plantation will increase carbon storage in the soil by simply increasing the mass of rhisomes and excreting various organic compounds into the soil. Obviously this has it's limits since the ground will be saturated after couple of years but it's is still a progress compared with a field with no plants.

anon6362  5 days ago

Nope. Philip Mason debunked #TeamTrees as yet another, completely pointless MrBeast vibe cause.

Better off with bio-CSS using GMO kelp or algae, e.g., biomass that grows faster and doesn't rot or burn.

  • beAbU  5 days ago

    I don't know what #TeamTrees is, nor do I know what MrBeast's involvement in it is. I only know _of_ MrBeast because of some workplace controversy that spilled on to the general internet recently.

    I also did not specifically say trees need to be used. I mentioned fast growing things like bamboo. If there is another biological organism (GMO or not) that accumulates carbon-rich biomass faster, then I'm interested in understanding how that compares to more modern CCS techniques that require electricity for example.