RE: [geo] Re: The importance of bio-CCS to deliver negative emissions

2015-12-07 Thread markcapron
Brian,Photosynthesis is good only for small scale carbon sequestration unless you somehow avoid sequestering the other plant nutrients (N, P, K, etc.) with the carbon.  Terrestrial photosynthesis also requires fresh water, which is another crisis.Mark  Original Message Subject:

[geo] RE: The importance of bio-CCS to deliver negative emissions

2015-12-06 Thread Schuiling, R.D. (Olaf)
No, unfortunately it doesn’t always happen that the CO2 is converted to carbonates when you inject it in the subsoil. Only if it is injected in reactive rocks (preferably olivine-rich) it will be converted to carbonates. What the Iceland people do is probably somewhat less effective, but is

[geo] Re: The importance of bio-CCS to deliver negative emissions

2015-12-06 Thread Brian Cartwright
To geoengineering, I always notice that CCS seems to attach itself to "bio" and "bioenergy with" to give itself a natural aura. Is this warranted or greenwashing? On another occasion when I was critical along these lines Olaf Schuiling emailed me to say that converting CO2 to carbonates is