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that warehousing CO2 is going to take a huge amount of storage
volume?

Of course there will always be NIMBY, but I think that filling
underground voids generated by mining would be a good place.


This is just amazing. The fear of a natural compound that is a very
minor
atmospheric constituent and the product of perfect combustion. The
idea that humans can somehow influence the climate of the entire
planet (of which 3/4 is ocean) by the production of a minor
atmospheric constituent is pure hubris.

Can we foul our own nests? Absolutely, that's why smog controls and
making
sure that industrial smokestacks are not causing severe local
pollution. But destroying the planet? It doesn't pass the laugh test.
Yet so many are buying in to it that they are willing to cause
economic (and in other countries survival) hardships on others rather
than taking logical steps to increase energy production. A growing,
prosperous economy cannot continue to use less and less energy
(conservation) yet continue to grow and prosper. When alternate
sources become competitive, they will be used; forcing their use and
subsidizing it with other peoples' money is not the development of
alternate energy sources.

From your sig, and with all respect:
If you're going to be dumb, you better be tough

The scientific principles behind CO2 causing our planet to heat up are
very convincing.
Is CO2 the worst of the gases? No, methane is much worse, but because it
is present in so much lesser quantities, it may not reach the importance
of CO2.
Is the heating by the increased CO2 that much? On a scale of 0 to a
million degrees Kelvin, again, no, but try heating your body up 5 degrees
K, from 310 to 315 degrees. That is not even a 2% increase! But less
than a few hours and you're cooked.

You have to realize that things that in relative terms are minor can
still affect life in a major way. Can we adjust? We don't know, because
we don't really know how much things are going to change. Will the
planet survive? Sure, by all records Earth has been much hotter and much
cooler before, compared to now, but our society may not. Should we try
to prevent extremes like we are seemingly having success in combating air
pollution in our big cities? I think we should.
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Best regards
Han
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