Saturday, 27 October 2018

Reversing Global Warming: II

Hope4ClimateChange

A Road Map for Reversing Global Warming.  

Clawing CO2 out of the atmosphere.  Putting carbon back into the ground. 

CO2 remains in the atmosphere ten times longer than the fallout from Chernobyl. 

Currently, ten times as much CO2 is in the atmosphere than at the time of the 
previous Mass Extinction due to Climate Change.  Thus, in our time, consequences 
may develop ten times more rapidly.

To reverse Global Warming, Carbon Dioxide must be extracted from the 
atmosphere, while putting carbon back into the ground, to, e.g. fertilise the 
worlds desserts etc. 

On a Global scale, a simple biological process is the only practical solution.  

A Sustainable process of Photosynthesis together with vital irrigation and its issues 
of Desalination plus the power to drive it? 

Bushes not Trees, quicker growth for massive leafage and support for biodiversity, 
i.e. the bottom end of the food chain.

Possible candidate: Rhododendrons; varieties with prolific growth, broad 
dark _evergreen_ leaf.  Articles online (Wikipedia) indicate that the Rhodo is
extensively adapted and suitably high-yielding, so therefore suitable for genetic 
engineering. Though present incarnations might be up to the task.  Furthermore, 
Rhodies need good drainage, making them especially suitable for deserts eg. Sahara.  

A soil consisting primarily of sand coupled with an abundance of distilled irrigation 
would be worth investigating as a first shot.

Issues of Desalination and Irrigation and the power driving these? 

Who pays for this?
The societies putting the Carbon into the atmosphere initially might want to think about this.

How is it to be paid for?  
As the cost of energy production falls, the retail price could be maintained,
thus providing a source of revenue for this project.

Thorium fueled Molten Salt Nuclear Reactors (MSR’s) are likely to be some
10 years away: while Fusion Reactors no doubt will eventually join the game,
though perhaps not in the time frame relevant to this project.

Meanwhile, Wind/Solar/Tidal generation will at least set up an infrastructure
with which to distil/irrigate a “carpet for the deserts” with a proliferate evergreen bush.

During this period, pollution will be gaining:  Emissions continue to belch
forth until MSRs etc. come online.  After which emissions reduce to an absolute
minimum.  At which point the Biological processes will leap ahead as MSRs
provide the necessary (clean) energy for massive Desalination and
Irrigation projects.

These power sources are ten odd years down the line, just need to cope until then.

Just how long will it take to capture enough CO2 to reverse Global Warming?  

Chain-saws became reliable and affordable around the 1960’s.
Thus the assault on the planet’s lungs began.
By 1990’s half the planet’s forest was gone. This on top of Carbon emissions.

Carpeting the desserts with proliferative bushes/shrubs would
completely regenerate the planet’s lungs.

Not that this would ‘hoover up’ the CO2, but it undoubtedly would
contribute to the reduction of the effects of these emissions to
maybe the extent of the prior mass deforestation.  Furthermore,
it would do this in pretty much the same timescale.

A problem of tipping the balance the other way and inadvertently bringing
in an Ice Age with consequent lowering of Sea Levels?!?!

Must be cheaper than setting up a Mars colony, or a couple of Carrier Fleets.  

Imaginative, inventive, constructive, out_of_the_box comments are most welcome. 
Never be afraid to fly a kite so as to have it shot down in a ball of flames.  The best 
solutions are arrived at in these "brainstorming" ways.


Wikipedia article on Rhododendrons:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhododendron#Cultivation

Ian Scott - Moltex Energy: IMechE Moltex design simplifies the molten salt reactor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mi_mPeC87yw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DurVdLZgz7g

The Last Hours of Humanity - Warming the World to Extinction
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gs_64RbZFz8

How to green the world's deserts and reverse climate change
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpTHi7O66pI

How one man created a forest in a cold desert
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-foEwcAu_zw

Can sheep save the planet? Yes - says Allan Savory!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUMQVqtjUAQ

Earthrise - Reforestation in the Sahara & Six-Legged Meat
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACUUIPE2Odw

Amazing! People in China and Other Countries Are Turning Desert Into Oasis! 
Deserts Turn Into Forest:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVuaVXMvAhQ

Rotational Grazing Cows in INSANELY Tall Grass!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FS8ifZbK9LY

Gaining Ground: Successful Graziers Tell Their Stories
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZfaMEsTMcg

Holistic Management by Allan Savory
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvpeLFrk5io

Planting the desert with Dubai Municipality using Groasis Technology to 
combat desertification
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ld_-lp0LTzM

Running out of Time | Documentary on Holistic Management
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7pI7IYaJLI

A study suggests Earth may enter Hothouse Climate State
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6pzhBe7P00

Hothouse Earth Researchers explain Climate Threshold
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aw2ZWhyeO5E

Africa is splitting apart! 'Dabbahu fissure' Ethiopia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yt6Dp3nXM7Y

Regreening the planet - VPRO documentary - 2014
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OC_Y1ZTZXQ4

Gulf Stream Slowdown may lead to hot European summer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JyN2wE7Wuc

In 10-15 Years World May Hit 2°C of Warming
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6j0y8ml74E

Humanity has only a handful of decades to avoid a devastating 'Hothouse Earth.'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kzQob3LfDg

Dutch scientists close to 'breakthrough' method of growing crops in deserts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CMfPLEtQMQ

Arirang Special(Ep.308) Planting Seeds in the Land of Death _ Full Episode
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TzP6qma_OQ

The social experiment of African refugees in outback Australia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KE_6gpy3XEU

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