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To: neolib who wrote (18826)	12/22/2007 2:48:43 PM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (1) of 36921

Neo, I invented liquid CO2 400 metres under the ocean to do some geo-engineering back in 1987 and Mitsubishi patented the idea a few years later [cheeky blighters]. It was obvious that people are putting out more CO2 than is sequestered by nature. That's why the CO2 level in the atmosphere is rising. Way back then, when you were presumably blissfully in ignorance about the whole thing, I didn't think CO2 levels would be a problem as they were small compared with nature's activities. I still don't. But I thought about what we could do if there was really a problem. Carbon tax [I suggested it to my boss in 1984 and he didn't like the idea one bit] and liquid CO2 under the ocean were two solutions if there was a problem. The other big solution is the coming population bust. Japan has already peaked. Russia has declined. China is heading that way. Many countries are only holding their own. Even India's boom has pretty much ended. There's also technology change. People don't need dirty great SUVs roaring around freeways to run a lifestyle. <Which is why the geoenginnering guys are more interested in using the oceans to sequester CO2, not plants. Or using compressors and just pumping it underground. Skip the bio route. Read up a little. > You can forget about "underground". There isn't enough room down there. Plus it gets hot. You say you like to understand, not misunderstand. That doesn't seem true. Read up a little? Neo, this is old stuff. It's now quarter of a century since I started dealing with it. It's like alternative fuels. I was involved with alternative fuels projects in 1983 which are now touted as great new saviours of the world. Ethanol, methanol, synthetic petrol, tallow ester, LPG, CNG etc. Yawn... seen it all before. Mqurice

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