More Batsh*t Globalist Ideas - Sucking Carbon from Oceans

[SurferSoul]

Another thing I should have mentioned, is Glyphosate. Apparently it’s everywhere now, it doesn’t break down in water so is like one of those perma chemicals. Also micro plastics have been found in otherwise pristine and out of reach places. They two are everywhere.

Since I’ve learned that gases are indeed soluble in water, (I thought they only exist as micro bubbles in moving turbulent water) I don’t suppose water filtration is effective at sifting them out? Like chlorine and fluoride. I’m concerned again about tap water.

[Byrd]

Another thing I should have mentioned, is Glyphosate. Apparently it’s everywhere now, it doesn’t break down in water so is like one of those perma chemicals. Also micro plastics have been found in otherwise pristine and out of reach places. They two are everywhere.

Since I’ve learned that gases are indeed soluble in water, (I thought they only exist as micro bubbles in moving turbulent water) I don’t suppose water filtration is effective at sifting them out? Like chlorine and fluoride. I’m concerned again about tap water.

The problem is volume.

70% of our planet surface is water.  30% is land.

The USA is less than 10% of that surface area.

To filter water, you need to pump it (up or through the filter) -- it won't work passively.  You also have to make sure that what is trapped is NOT material (minerals, organisms) that are essential to sea life and that what you remove is only the excess and not all of the material.

I don't see any good way to do this or to retrieve the material that's already there and in the deeper oceans.  This (plus the expense) is a huge stumbling block, which makes this a "wicked problem."


I don't doubt that there ARE solutions...but I don't think there are easy solutions.

[Playswithmachine]

Byrd is right. The carbon cycle is very complex, as it goes through gas, liquid & solid mediums.
Trees capture carbon very efficiently. That carbon is returned to the atmosphere when you burn the wood.
But we keep cutting down the trees, so less CO2 is being captured.
Plants (especially trees) also capture sunlight & convert it into sugars & cellulose etc. In other words, they grow.
They also release oxygen as a by-product, something we humans are partial to.
But if that same sunlight is now hitting a slab of concrete, all that energy is just turned into heat. Which is exactly what we don't need.

Less concrete, more trees, would go a long way, but isn't enough to solve the problem, in order to make this effective you would need to reclaim a billion tons of carbon every year, and then store it somehow or make carbon fibre items from it.
But to do this would require more energy than is currently available on this planet.

There are hundreds of these 'carbon capture' startups popping up every day, none of them will make the tiniest dent in the overall scheme.
But that won't stop a bunch of immoral peeps from making a fast buck!