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by cameronbrown 1701 days ago
The best carbon capture technology is to plant trees. As in, billions of trees per year, which is carbon negative only if the net number of trees is growing. Maybe even get creative on the biology side of things to make them easier to plant in harsh environments.
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Genetically engineered ultratrees in the Sahara! Of course this would have impacts on rainfall patterns in Europe and South America and might backfire (the large amounts of Saharan dust apparently helps form raindrops and new soil in both places)
> As in, billions of trees per year, which is carbon negative only if the net number of trees is growing.

Or if you chop the trees down and use them as building materials. Your hardwood floors and wood wall paneling are also sequestering carbon!