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moebrownetoday at 7:39 PM2 repliesview on HN

What if the plants were algae?


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alnwlsntoday at 7:41 PM

Here's a real world* example:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAbyUaLN2QA

*youtuber

sdenton4today at 8:47 PM

I did some of the napkin math on algae a couple years ago... The fun realization is that the physical carbon has to go somewhere. So if we're trying to sequester the average american's 14 tons a year of carbon or whatever it is these days, that means you're going to have at least 14 tons of dead algae to deal with. (And a lot more weight if the algae isn't dehydrated.). That's a lot of dead algae, which demonstrates the difficulty of the problem...

In other news, have you considered ditching your car and becoming a vegetarian? Not emitting the carbon in the first place is much easier!