[geo] Re: Mid-Oceanic Diatom Entrapment System Technology.....MODEST

2011-06-05 Thread M V Bhaskar
Michael The article says - As it remains dissolved the breakdown processes can lead to oxygen shortages in the water column and associated ecological damage. Saturday one of the Geoscience authors, University of Georgia Marine Sciences Professor Samantha Joye told the American Association for

RE: Easy ideal fluid RE: [geo] Deep ocean disposal

2011-06-05 Thread markcapron
Michael, DOE has already decided our proposal to demonstrate less than 100 kg of CO2 as hydrate in geotextile containers does not qualify for DE-FOA-441: Small Scale Field Tests of Geologic Reservoir Classes for Geologic Storage. DOE’s version of “small scale” is a minimum of 20,000 tons. DOE

[geo] Re: Strategies using Lair to mitigate specific near-term impacts of global warming

2011-06-05 Thread Mark Massmann
John and Mike- Thank you for taking the time to consider how Lair might be applied to increase global albedo or to possibly mitigate storm severity, as well as other potential applications such as frosting permafrost to make it more reflective or fighting wildfires by releasing liquid nitrogen

Re: [geo] Re: Strategies using Lair to mitigate specific near-term impacts of global warming

2011-06-05 Thread Mike MacCracken
Dear Mark: As I have noted before, you really need to do some order of magnitude estimates and not just what you feel might be needed. Let's take your 2000 tons of Lair dispersed over 3 days over about the area, let's assume, of a good size of a city. The heat of vaporization (so heat it would

[geo] Methane release in the Arctic - biofilter enhancement?

2011-06-05 Thread John Nissen
Dear Mandy, I was most interested to read, in a press release [1], your warning about methane in the Arctic: “*A range of data exists that shows a significant release of methane seeping out at the seafloor to the atmosphere, indicating that the microbial biofilter is not as effective,” Joye

Re: [geo] Re: Strategies using Lair to mitigate specific near-term impacts of global warming

2011-06-05 Thread Ken Caldeira
#A -- I agree with Mike. My quick order-of-magnitude analysis also indicated that the energy inputs required for an effective LAIR system renders it infeasible. On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 10:36 AM, Mike MacCracken mmacc...@comcast.netwrote: Dear Mark: As I have noted before, you really need to