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The Challenge of Carbon Dioxide Emissions and the Potential of Giant Bags
TLDR Carbon dioxide emissions are a major problem, but a self-sustaining carbon capture system using giant bags could potentially store a significant amount of carbon dioxide deep in the ocean, helping to reduce emissions.
Timestamped Summary
00:00
Carbon dioxide is getting an awfully bad wrap these days.
01:50
Carbon dioxide emissions are a human-created problem that is disrupting the natural carbon cycle by releasing stored carbon dioxide in an inorganic way.
02:56
There are three ways to capture carbon: precombustion, postcombustion, and oxy-fuel combustion.
03:58
A self-sustaining carbon capture system can significantly reduce carbon dioxide emissions, but the challenge is what to do with the captured carbon dioxide, with one option being to store it in the abyssal plane, deep in the ocean.
04:55
The abyssal plane is an ideal setting for carbon dioxide storage due to its high pressure and cold temperatures, but containing and getting the carbon dioxide down there is a challenge.
05:48
Dr. David Keith came up with the idea of using giant bags to capture and store carbon dioxide, which could potentially hold two days' worth of all the anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions.
06:56
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