• rbesfe@lemmy.ca
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    11 months ago

    The big problem with physical carbon storage is that we emit way too much to ever have enough land to store it all as powder. All of these technologies work great at the demonstration scale, but when you do the math and see how much solid carbon you’d have it becomes a problem of not having anywhere to put it, and our existing demand for elemental carbon in manufacturing is comparatively tiny

    • Agent641@lemmy.world
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      11 months ago

      Granulated as roadbase for roads and footpaths? Lightweight agregate additive in concrete? Bricks?