[deleted] t1_jbyuo39 wrote on March 12, 2023 at 7:58 PM

I agree that we need change, but we need to be realistic. I care about the environment and I'm willing to make changes, but I just know that a lot of people are not, and while we educate people (I'm against increasing prices/banning/restrictions whatsoever) we need technologies to get us through to the other side alive.

sippingonwater t1_jbxuslm wrote on March 12, 2023 at 3:50 PM

Reply to Scientists find a way to suck up carbon pollution, turn it into baking soda and store it in the oceans by tottocotunio

Please protect all of those scientists at all costs

ultimas t1_jbxokgt wrote on March 12, 2023 at 3:04 PM

Reply to comment by KeaboUltra in Scientists find a way to suck up carbon pollution, turn it into baking soda and store it in the oceans by tottocotunio

I think you're right. However, if all of this sodium bicarbonate is being released in concentrated areas, it causes problems of over-alkalization in those areas.

Better if it could be done in a distributed way, with many, smaller units doing this CO2 conversion but spread out over the entire ocean.

Bonjourap t1_jbxjxk1 wrote on March 12, 2023 at 2:29 PM

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Not everyone is American, more peace in the Middle East is a good thing

KeaboUltra t1_jbxjn1y wrote on March 12, 2023 at 2:27 PM

Reply to comment by Rav99 in Scientists find a way to suck up carbon pollution, turn it into baking soda and store it in the oceans by tottocotunio

Could be wrong but isn't it a problem that the worlds oceans are at risk of becoming acidic and that an alkaline solution could balance it out?

Rav99 t1_jbxgqpx wrote on March 12, 2023 at 2:03 PM

Reply to Scientists find a way to suck up carbon pollution, turn it into baking soda and store it in the oceans by tottocotunio

I'd be worried about the higher ph and alkalinity of the immediate area where the baking soda is being released. If this were scaled in a way to be meaningful, that's a lot of alkaline substance to disperse in one area.

Perhaps the facility could be placed near a continental shelf so that dispersion could be done into much deeper water nearby.

thatguyshields t1_jbxfufb wrote on March 12, 2023 at 1:55 PM

Reply to Scientists find a way to suck up carbon pollution, turn it into baking soda and store it in the oceans by tottocotunio

Amazing what we, the human race, can do when great minds come together. Just a shame that it’s always in a time where things seem pretty dire and never before things get bad.

Does that make sense? 😅

BearisonF0rd t1_jbxflvx wrote on March 12, 2023 at 1:53 PM

Reply to Scientists find a way to suck up carbon pollution, turn it into baking soda and store it in the oceans by tottocotunio

Why not release it into cookies or pancakes instead?

Designer-Serve-5140 t1_jbxee9c wrote on March 12, 2023 at 1:42 PM

Reply to comment by Massive-Science5568 in scientists Find Way to Suck Carbon Out of the Air and Turn It into Baking Soda... by Minute_Drive5038

I think that investing into these things is great but they're not permanent. They're time savers, the only way to reverse our impact is to change how we live. Buy less things, drive less, and work on policy that forces big businesses to do the same. Especially when it comes to our energy.