Carbon Geoengineering, Class 3 Links

The following links were used in preparation of class 3. "Carbon Geoengineering"

Links displayed in Class 3

Guardian article on the Impact of Planting Trees

Afforestation from Project Drawdown

Cross Laminated Timber article in NYT

Guardian article on SUPER PLANTS

George Monbiot video and Guardia article on Let Nature Heal the Planet

National Geographic article on Seaweed 'Forests'

Maine Seaweed company

Marine Permaculture from Project Drawdown 

Fertilize Oceans with Iron - Hot Mess Carbon Capture video from PBS 

Biochar from Project Drawdown

Bill Gates-backed Carbon Engineering company, 15 min video

Relevant links I used but did not display:

Maine Coast Sea Vegetables

The recipe for the Alaria appetizer we served in class

Alaria Recipes from Ayurvedic

In a Climate Crisis is Geoengineering Worth the Risk? a Science News article with good detail on what happened with tests seeding the oceans with iron.

Carbon Capture and Storage...CCS

I have always been skeptical of this approach to reducing carbon emissions, because it has to obey the laws of thermodynamics, and hence will be very expensive to carry out, even with unique carbon capture schemes. But if one gets right to the heart of doing it as efficiently as thermodynamically possible...well maybe it will be a viable solution for reducing carbon emissions, especially from coal fired power plants.

So here is a link to the best lead I have seen to achieve this:
ATMI-Brightblack

Can we capture and convert CO2 into useful plastics?

OLLI class member Tom Lord found the below links and mentioned them in our first class 10/23.

I have reviewed them, and I certainly think they represent avenues worth pursuing. The big issue with carbon capture and storage is not, can we do it?

It is, can we do it economically? If the CO2 is buried in the earth, it has no value. If the CO2 becomes an essential part of a useful plastic, then it does have some value.

Good topic for class discussion. Tom's links are:

http://energy.gov/fe/articles/recycling-carbon-dioxide-make-plastics

http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/News/2010/July/28071001.asp

http://theenergycollective.com/dgreenblogger/189811/novomer-produces-co2-based-polyols

http://sciencenordic.com/making-plastic-out-carbon-dioxide