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minus-squareReturn_of_Chippy@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·1 day agoWeeks instead of years. Could be big for assisting in the fight against climate change.
minus-squaresquaresinger@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·16 hours agoThe downside of that kind of stuff is that you need a balance. Scrub too much CO2 and it’s trouble again.
minus-squaresparkyshocks@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 hours agoIf we can get atmospheric CO2 back down to where it was 100 years ago that would be an amazing problem to have.
minus-squaresquaresinger@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·47 minutes agoLook up the Oxygen Catastropy, also called Oxygen Holocaust. That’s what happens if too much carbon is removed from the atmosphere and thus there’s too much oxygen in it.
minus-squareEvilHankVenture@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 hours agoGreat, in 50 years we’ll be desperately switching back to fossil fuels to prevent an ice age.
minus-squareheartSagan5@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 day agoI had figured space flight. Either way, I guess.
minus-squareReturn_of_Chippy@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 day agoBeing able to teraform is huge on earth and abroad. Cool stuff either way.
Weeks instead of years. Could be big for assisting in the fight against climate change.
The downside of that kind of stuff is that you need a balance. Scrub too much CO2 and it’s trouble again.
If we can get atmospheric CO2 back down to where it was 100 years ago that would be an amazing problem to have.
Look up the Oxygen Catastropy, also called Oxygen Holocaust.
That’s what happens if too much carbon is removed from the atmosphere and thus there’s too much oxygen in it.
Great, in 50 years we’ll be desperately switching back to fossil fuels to prevent an ice age.
I had figured space flight. Either way, I guess.
Being able to teraform is huge on earth and abroad. Cool stuff either way.