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Originally Posted by freebeard
Awesome! Moon Power is on the table.
What's needed is concurrent application of direct carbon capture; from the oceans not the atmosphere, and in bio-char. Massive, widespread bio-char.
This sounds just like Scott Adams (arationality and the Golden Age) and by extension Dale Carnegie. |
If we were to ignore the atmosphere, we'd only see additional non-linear amplification of most feedback loops, pushing us closer to the irreversible tipping points.
Oceanic 'carbon' is what was responsible for some of the past mass extinction events. There are nodules of frozen methane clathrate lying on the floor of the continental shelves, which out-gas methane directly into the atmosphere.
Every kilogram of methane is equal to twenty-seven kilos of carbon dioxide.
Permafrost melt would accelerate with microbes eating a rich paleo salad, releasing vast quantities of CO2.
Poles would warm more, exposing more water, absorbing more solar energy.
Warming begets warming. Low albedo begets lower albedo. A vicious cycle.
Quite literally, playing with fire.