Nuclear Explosions for Large Scale Carbon Sequestration(arxiv.org)

Nuclear Explosions for Large Scale Carbon Sequestration

https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.06623

4 comments

The grad student who wrote this is probably cackling and rubbing their hands together as we speak.

It does illustrate a solid point though, which is that it is ABSURD to talk about sequestering the amount of carbon required to avert the present crisis. Geoengineering is a pipe dream that would in almost every realistic case have blowback in both environmental and geopolitical domains that we couldn't manage.

We really have just one option here, reduce our CO2 output, and even if we do that today we're still in for one hell of a ride.

PaulHoule작년

What a throwback to the glorious golden age of the atom! See

https://climate.envsci.rutgers.edu/pdf/VEAChapter1_Robocknew...

AudiomaticApp작년

This delights and concerns me. The best kind of delight, really.

"This paper presents a bold proposal" - don't they mean a modest proposal?

hindsightbias작년

> Detonating a 81 Gt nuclear device could cause a global catastrophe if done improperly.

But it would probably be a lot more affordable than the other suggestions involving thousands of planes spraying sulfur dioxide every day for the rest of eternity.