Comments on: Carbon Sequestration’s Got an Earthquake Problem, Too http://cleantechnica.com/2012/06/19/stanford-researchers-link-carbon-sequestration-to-earthquakes/ Clean Tech News & Views: Solar Energy News. Wind Energy News. EV News. & More. Tue, 30 Dec 2014 12:05:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.1 By: Marcacci Communications http://cleantechnica.com/2012/06/19/stanford-researchers-link-carbon-sequestration-to-earthquakes/#comment-157996 Thu, 11 Apr 2013 17:28:47 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=39185#comment-157996 […] key to natural carbon sequestration – removing large amounts of carbon dioxide from the air and safely storing it in forests – even after the trees […]

]]> By: PICS CLIMATE NEWS SCAN – 26 June 2012 | http://cleantechnica.com/2012/06/19/stanford-researchers-link-carbon-sequestration-to-earthquakes/#comment-125067 Tue, 26 Jun 2012 22:55:06 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=39185#comment-125067 […] Carbon sequestration’s got an earthquake problem, too […]

]]> By: Ronald Brak http://cleantechnica.com/2012/06/19/stanford-researchers-link-carbon-sequestration-to-earthquakes/#comment-124377 Tue, 19 Jun 2012 14:05:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=39185#comment-124377 Well, plants take CO2 from the air and can easily be turned into carbon black.  (They even give off energy in the process.)  Currently the cheapest way to sequester carbon appears to be to grow plant material and dump it in the deep ocean, or just cold water.  Alternatively the plant material can be turned into charcoal (biochar) and added to soil to improve its fertility.  It can also be used as a replacement for fossil fuels.  Or just growing plants where there aren’t currently any and leaving them there also locks up CO2 from the atmosphere. 

While this can remove a considerable amount of CO2 from the atmosphere using land that currently isn’t used for food production or in combination with food production, it’s not practical to remove the vast amount of CO2 we currently add to the atmosphere.  Fortunately cheap solar power makes it economically painless to cut our emissions.  (Well, economically painless unless you own a fossil fuel power plant.)  Maybe we will end up with a situation where most energy is obtained from low emission sources, with carbon capture by plants and perhaps algae removing whatever emissions are left.

]]> By: on the riverbank http://cleantechnica.com/2012/06/19/stanford-researchers-link-carbon-sequestration-to-earthquakes/#comment-124360 Tue, 19 Jun 2012 12:40:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=39185#comment-124360 We need to recycle the carbon. The tire industry uses millions of tons of Carbon Black. If some one can figure out a way to convert the CO2 into carbon black there would be a ready market for it. We have to understand that “throwing it away” is not a viable concept. There is no “away”.

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