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| World's biggest 'carbon-sucking' machine is switched on in Iceland: $15 million device will capture 4,000 TONS of CO2 per year and could help 'reverse climate change' |
| 2021-09-10 |
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| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #11 I think the volcanos in Iceland probably put out a thousand times more carbon than this machine sucks up. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2021-09-10 15:01 |
| #10 4000 TONS of CO2/year? Whoop de do. Get back to me when they start pulling 4 million tons/day or so. 4000 tons isn't even a blip in the total CO2 in the atmosphere. Even 4 million tons isn't very much. |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2021-09-10 13:18 |
| #9 re: trees in Iceland about 10 million years ago, Iceland was covered with forests with lots of species now common in midlatitudes, e.g., oak, sumac, maple after the multiple glaciations of the ice ages, the only tree species flourishing was birch and some aspen but then as human habitation spread in the 11th to 14th centuries, trees were cut down for fuel and sheep began grazing cut areas preventing new growth it is a sad story |
| Posted by: Lord Garth 2021-09-10 11:16 |
| #8 RS -- the Soviet pencil story leaves out that graphite dust is bad for electronics, especially those from the 50s, 60s, and 70s. Plus, NASA paid nothing for the "space pen" -- the pressurized ink capsule pen had already been developed, but didn't have a solid market until someone needed to write in free fall. |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2021-09-10 08:33 |
| #7 So, that'll consume maybe a tenth of what their volcano is emitting? |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2021-09-10 08:30 |
| #6 Nicknamed the Kamala Lewinsky machine |
| Posted by: Airandee 2021-09-10 08:07 |
| #5 i think there's something about the volcanic soil in iceland being difficult for trees to grow. but yes, all these doom and gloom stories about CO2 killing everyone sidestep the fact that plants love CO2, and planting trees is the quickest and easiest way to 'sequester' CO2 it's like the (apocryphal?) story of the US space race that spent millions on developing a pen that could function well in zero gravity while the Soviets just used a pencil |
| Posted by: Retard Strength 2021-09-10 06:58 |
| #4 The art of the con being demonstrated everyday. Being a politician or government they can do as they please with no consequence. |
| Posted by: Dale 2021-09-10 04:47 |
| #3 Sucking up more than carbon, if you ask me. |
| Posted by: Grunter 2021-09-10 03:46 |
| #2 Wouldn't a forest do better? (Can't have corral reefs in Iceland). |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2021-09-10 02:31 |
| #1 They are f*cking morons. We really aren't out of CO2 starvation...... |
| Posted by: Silentbrick 2021-09-10 00:46 |