On: In theory, rocks from Oman could store hundreds of years of human CO2 emissions

[coldtea]

>processes release and absorb about 800 gigatons of CO2 annually against human emissions of 29 gigatons or so

We don't see to be growing more trees anytime soon, and we aren't adding any new oceans either.

[tim333 → coldtea]

There's this kind of thing "Surge in plant growth explains slower CO2 rise over past decade" https://www.carbonbrief.org/surge-in-plant-growth-explains-s...

which has happened without really any planning. It's just that sort of stuff could be actively encouraged.