BenB
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| posted on 17/11/13 at 10:44 PM |
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Way way way OT: carbon sequestration technologies
Okay, call me crazy but I was thinking of good forms of carbon sequestration. Why not eh? Waiting for the F1 highlights, wife's in a strop with
me etc etc. So growing shed loads of trees and chucking them into the bottom of the ocean is one option- they'd degrade eventually but after
about 1000 years- think the Mary Rose. Might however do bad things to local shipping and / or the local marine ecosystem. How deep is the Mariana
Trench. Could get quite a few forests down there 
What about rubber trees? Rubber perishes but mostly due to UV. So how about growing shed loads of rubber trees and after we've tapped the hell
out of an oil field fill the void with latex? Or just dig an F'off big old hole and dump the latex right out of the tree into the hole and cover
it up.
Okay I know these probably wouldn't work but there's got to be an answer to us f'ing up the environment. I know people just think
growing trees is the answer but we can't possibly go back to having half the world covered in trees so we need a way of having the carbon which
otherwise would be tied up in trees in another form. Was watching Motorsport UK (one of the Knockhill Carrera cup races- think there about six cars
taking part!!! IE not the most exciting) and got wondering what the annual carbon foot-print of a racing circuit is compared to the amount of carbon
nicely tied up in the tyre crash barriers 
Now I know most tyres are from synthetic rubber (IE petrol) but hey. And it's vulcanised with lots of nasty sulphur which means people climbing
down into volcanos etc etc but this is late on a Sunday thinking  Reality can wait until TM
PS going back to Forests did anyone else spot in Gladiator that when the Romans are fighting the Goths in the forest the trees are all nicely in lines
IE Forestry Commission standard lay-out. Doh! Okay, I'll get my coat....
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slingshot2000
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| posted on 17/11/13 at 11:09 PM |
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Stella, or Cider?
At least you weren't watching;
X-W@nker/Gut The Celeb/Send them to an Asylum !
Regards
Jon
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blakep82
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| posted on 17/11/13 at 11:13 PM |
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When you create the topic of a thread, anything and everything you write is very much on topic.
Anyway, I've got my car running 100% veg oil, given the soya beans have to grow, does that make my car carbon neutral?
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iank
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| posted on 17/11/13 at 11:57 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by blakep82
When you create the topic of a thread, anything and everything you write is very much on topic.
Anyway, I've got my car running 100% veg oil, given the soya beans have to grow, does that make my car carbon neutral?
Nearly, but not quite, the energy processing it and any transport of the oil count against it. Still a lot better than a crude based product (from a
CO2 perspective)
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Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience.
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blakep82
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| posted on 18/11/13 at 12:21 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by iank
quote:
Originally posted by blakep82
When you create the topic of a thread, anything and everything you write is very much on topic.
Anyway, I've got my car running 100% veg oil, given the soya beans have to grow, does that make my car carbon neutral?
Nearly, but not quite, the energy processing it and any transport of the oil count against it. Still a lot better than a crude based product (from a
CO2 perspective)
Makes ME carbon neutral though besides, I need to run some diesel in this weather, so its all nonsense anyway...
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Badger_McLetcher
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| posted on 18/11/13 at 01:07 AM |
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Simple - crack fusion power and use the plentiful energy to synthesise hydrocarbons from carbon dioxide in the air If you made loads you could
refill the oil deposits
OK so maybe a few years off
Oh and in case people think I'm a proper nut job (which I may be but sometimes I come out with good ideas):
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-20003650
and
http://www.dvice.com/2013-2-22/lockheeds-skunk-works-promises-fusion-power-four-years
Although if the latter actually works I may just eat my hat. And considering I know where it's been, that is no idle gesture!
If disfunction is a function, then I must be some kind of genius.
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