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icbmike_for_realz t1_j94y2kr wrote

Reply to comment by jhansen858 in MIT team makes a case for direct carbon capture from seawater, not air by MotorDrive

Trees take a while to mature and take up land area that can be used for agriculture or living.

Hell of a lot of sea out there

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jhansen858 t1_j957wmy wrote

there is a lot of unused land with no trees on it. especially in the midwest.

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zosolm t1_j96n3al wrote

More gains can be made in the sea. As well as there being more sea surface area than land, the article says the concentration of carbon in the sea is 100 times greater. I agree though, let’s do both

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