[geo] Re: Mitigating methane emission from paddy soil with rice-straw biochar amendment under projected climate change

2016-06-21 Thread Parminder Singh
This kind of plants need alot of silica. Won't it be better to spread olivine grains to provide this. Regards, Parminder Singh On Monday, June 20, 2016 at 9:21:38 PM UTC+8, Andrew Lockley wrote: > > Poster's note : this is mitigation, but as it also uses biochar I guess >

Re: [geo] Can CCS and NET enable the continued use of fossil carbon fuels after CoP21?

2016-05-02 Thread Parminder Singh
Store them in the way of bicarbonate/carbonate solutions that can be carried in waterways leading them to oceans. Solutions on lakes formed with fountains can be encouraged with rocks placed close to water inlets on golf courses, recreation parks and elsewhere. Parminder Singh On Monday

[geo] Re: Interesting "Geo" paper

2015-09-18 Thread Parminder Singh
Geotechnical/Geologic Engineers will be pleased by the proposed change to CE. Parminder On Friday, September 18, 2015 at 11:11:18 AM UTC+8, Ron wrote: > List: > > 1. A friend has alerted me to an interesting “Geo” terminology paper by > Boucher et al, that I don’t believe has been

[geo] Have we got space to store seawater

2015-09-12 Thread Parminder Singh
, R.D. in Geochemical Engineering: current applications (1998) The greenhouse effect; cures from geochemical engineering and future trends. Eds. S.P.Vriend and J.P.Zijlstra. J.Geochem.Expl. A9-A13). Parminder Singh Independent Civil Engineer Kuala Lumpur

Re: [geo] European Commission : CORDIS : Projects Results Service : Final Report Summary - CARBFIX (Creating the technology for safe, long-term carbon storage in the subsurface)

2015-08-14 Thread Parminder Singh
Seabed scars/fractures are of great concern to people wanting to store CO2 below sub-surfaces. On the other hand it can be useful in exposing fracture networks to seawater in silicate material like perioidtites for serpentinisation to take place if we can create them. Parminder On

Re: [geo] Long-term response of oceans to CO2 removal from the atmosphere

2015-08-09 Thread Parminder Singh
to enter. Parminder Singh Independent Civil Engineer Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia On Sunday, August 9, 2015 at 12:50:52 AM UTC+8, Sabine Mathesius wrote: Hi, just a short clarification: The main point of our study is not that CDR is useless, but that it is not effective enough to counteract

[geo] Re: Nordhaus Unwittingly Shows Flaws in Case for Carbon Tax - IER

2015-06-30 Thread Parminder Singh
to work on this test at a suitable location pls let me know. Parminder Singh Independent Civil Engineer Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia On Tuesday, June 30, 2015 at 3:04:38 AM UTC+8, andrewjlockley wrote: http://instituteforenergyresearch.org/analysis/nordhaus-unwittingly-shows-flaws-in-case-for-carbon-tax

[geo] Re: Climate change - Is Olivine the solution against Climate Change and Ocean Acidification?

2015-05-30 Thread Parminder Singh
to increase their plant growth and CO2 uptake. Coastlines can be protected against sea-level rises and erosion. Parminder Singh Independent Civil Engineer Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia On Friday, May 29, 2015 at 7:58:45 PM UTC+8, andrewjlockley wrote: http://www.betterworldsolutions.eu/is-olivine

[geo] Weathering on Surfs

2015-05-02 Thread Parminder Singh
List, Some pics in Akrotiri Peninsula, Cyprus showing olivine weathered down to rounded shapes. There is great chance if it can work here, it can elsewhere. Perhaps there are more places you can point out. http://www.southampton.ac.uk/~imw/Cyprus-Akrotiri-Lake-Coast.htm Parminder -- You

Re: [geo] Warning over aerosol climate fix - BBC News

2015-04-21 Thread Parminder Singh
Overtopping dams and plunge pools on spillways create extreme hydraulic conditions that can cause rock scour and erosion downstream. Why not fill with olivine rocks. Parminder Singh On Tuesday, April 21, 2015 at 12:51:03 AM UTC+8, Ron wrote: Prof Schulling, cc list: I hope you

[geo] Re: The olivine reaction

2015-02-08 Thread Parminder Singh
Hi Some info on Lizard Rocks. Note Peridotite is available at Kennack Sands and Serpeninites in many places Anybody interested to do some beach tests pls let us know.

[geo] Renewable Energy in Geoengineering

2015-02-07 Thread Parminder Singh
could easily be mined and delivered to the plant. Many countries are looking into increasing hydro power so this option looks practical on a large scale. Parminder Singh Independent Civil Engineer Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google

[geo] Re: Energy Planning and Decarbonization Technology | The Energy Collective

2015-01-27 Thread Parminder Singh
Hi Oliver Colleagues and I have tried a no. of UK universities if they were interested to run some beach tests and talked to Crown Estates to get their permission. Unfortunately it was all uphill and did not get their support. Incidently there are forsterite olivine marine deposits in the Inner

[geo] Re: Energy Planning and Decarbonization Technology | The Energy Collective

2015-01-26 Thread Parminder Singh
I like to share a reply I received sometime ago. I think you would have some serious logistical problems in trying to place olivine minerals into a UK gravel beach. Principally: returns from tagged placers in gravel is traditionally very poor. This is mainly because of what Alan Carr called

Re: [geo] Re: The Earth

2015-01-17 Thread Parminder Singh
to the spreading ridges. It would require an extensive fracture network to provide the surface area needed for significant reaction. Parminder Singh Malaysia On Thursday, January 15, 2015 at 7:43:02 PM UTC+8, Parminder Singh wrote: HI I have considered the use of wave sinks to move large

[geo] Serpentinite Sea Cliffs

2014-12-14 Thread Parminder Singh
studied this? Perhaps drilling some holes into the cliffs near beach level could help us. Regards Parminder Singh Researcher Malaysia -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups geoengineering group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from

[geo] Re: Climate Tools Seek to Bend Nature’s Path - NYTimes.com

2014-11-10 Thread Parminder Singh
Most of the under-developed countries are close to the equator. It would interest them to explore geoengineering methods that they can work with everyday. Regrowing areas that have been lost due to indiscriminate clearing. If these mines are close enough they can be made available to them at

[geo] Re: Soft geoengineering could mitigate change

2014-10-29 Thread Parminder Singh
to forests on land makes alot of sense to do it. Besides they can protect the coasts against SLR and erosion problems. Parminder Singh Malaysia On Wednesday, October 29, 2014 1:29:08 AM UTC+8, andrewjlockley wrote: http://www.thestarphoenix.com/touch/story.html?id=10331200 Soft geoengineering

Re: [geo] Re: Natural olivine beaches

2014-10-05 Thread Parminder Singh
if these plants can be grown near coastlines to protect them against erosion, sea-level rises and tsunamis. In addition we may see further CO2 uptake by these forests by reducing the acidification in the surrounding waters. Parminder Singh Malaysia On Sun, Oct 5, 2014 at 9:45 AM, Russell Seitz

Re: [geo] Natural olivine beaches

2014-10-04 Thread Parminder Singh
Hi, Schuilling carried out experiments where modest surf action was imitated by having olivine grains rotate slowly along the bottom of an Erlenmeyer, the water turned an opaque white after a few days of rotation, the pH of the solution had gone up, and many of the slivers had already turned

[geo] Geoengineering Contest

2014-07-15 Thread Parminder Singh
FYI Contest is coming to a close. http://climatecolab.org/web/guest/plans/-/plans/contestId/1300209 Parminder Singh Malaysia -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups geoengineering group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from

[geo] Sea-Level Rises

2014-06-13 Thread Parminder Singh
. Best Regards, Parminder SIngh Independent Civil Engineering Professional Researcher 154 Lorong Maarof Taman Bukit Bandaraya 59000 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia M 012-2182342 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups geoengineering group. To unsubscribe from this group

[geo] Re: Ocean waves influence sea ice extent

2014-05-30 Thread Parminder Singh
without having to land or man anyone on ice. Parminder Singh Malaysia On Friday, May 30, 2014 2:53:12 AM UTC+8, andrewjlockley wrote: Any ideas on this? Some possibilities: Drill holes in ice to allow water to slosh through. Binding ice together with straw, etc. Inject air under the ice