Just to update on my work in response to climate apocalyptic threats, I have posted several recent comments at the Geoengineering Google Group

My latest ideas are at Model for Marine Algae HTL System for Carbon Dioxide Removal

Some other recent comments are at
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic ... zs-Ii_V9sw
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic ... u2wyFG0w40
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic ... u2wyFG0w40

In summary, I think that carbon dioxide removal from air and sea is superior to emission reduction as a strategy to stabilize the global climate.

For the evil moronic bigots who deny that humans are causing climate change, here is some information on the Auschwitz their influence is inflicting upon the formerly magnificent Great Barrier Reef. Pristine coral ecosystems are turning to slimy graveyards due to hot water. We will all be in hot water soon at this rate.

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/ ... -bleaching

The decline of The Great Barrier Reef must be especially painful for Aussies to consider...

Mr. Tulip wrote:In summary, I think that carbon dioxide removal from air and sea is superior to emission reduction as a strategy to stabilize the global climate.

- I assume you do not object to doing both reduction and removal?
- Are there any major carbon removal/mining projects under construction?

LanDroid wrote:The decline of The Great Barrier Reef must be especially painful for Aussies to consider...

Mr. Tulip wrote:In summary, I think that carbon dioxide removal from air and sea is superior to emission reduction as a strategy to stabilize the global climate.

- I assume you do not object to doing both reduction and removal?
- Are there any major carbon removal/mining projects under construction?

There is nothing wrong with emission reduction as a way to address pollution and economic efficiency, but emission reduction has nothing to do with climate stability, as it is an order of magnitude too small.

We add ten gigatonnes of carbon to the air every year, and emission reduction would slow this at best to eight gigatonnes extra each year. We need to remove twenty gigatonnes of carbon from the air every year to avoid catastrophic climate change in our lifetimes.

We have already created the conditions for sea level to rise by twenty five metres and temperatures to suddenly go up by four to six degrees celsius, based on the last time the air had so much carbon.

Rapid large scale carbon removal requires profitable methods for carbon mining, viewing the air and sea as low grade carbon ore bodies. We need to physically remove more carbon from the air than we add. That is a concept which requires a new Apollo/Manhattan style project in cooperation between governments and the private sector. I think it can be done but it has not really started, partly because of the policy blockage caused by the false priority accorded to emission reduction.

Removing the carbon acid from the water around coral reefs should be a priority to prevent looming mass extinctions.