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It’s rather simplistic thinking. For one, it ignores the acidification effect in oceans.

That’s a consequence we can readily foresee. What other unforeseen consequences will there be?

I think we might need something like this to reduce warming while we suck carbon out of the atmosphere. But to envisage it as a permanent solution is extremely risky.

(We don’t have scaleable carbon sucking tech yet, but later we might have it but not enough time to use it, if warming continues and activates feedback loops)




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