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by tke248 1577 days ago
Would it be possible to take the extra heat from mining and the co2 to make a really nice greenhouse that can use the co2, seems like plenty of space to make it happen in montana.
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Sure, but these people care about extreme profitability at whatever external expense. Something like that, while nice is unlikely to generate more revenue than spinning up another plant and pumping the CO2 into the atmosphere
The planet will die, but at least we have these nice plants and these coins.
Hate to be picky.

But the planet is going to be just fine, for a very long time.

Unless global warming triggers a nuclear war, humans as a species are also going to be fine.

At this point we are like cockroaches. We ain't going anyhwere anytime soon. Parts of our economy might and overall we might regress somewhat, but humans won't die off.
The planet is a massive ball of iron. A nuclear war won't do anything of significance to it. The biosphere, on the other hand...
Is that why you think they are called greenhouse gasses? OMG
Most Greenhouses supplement CO2 to increase growth in plants since there's no natural O2 -> CO2 back-cycle in the greenhouse. So yes, Greenhouses use CO2.

Reference in Commercial Greenhouse Industry - https://www.greenhousemegastore.com/equip/co2-generators/

That's not why they're called greenhouse gasses, though. They create the greenhouse effect for the entire planet.