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hatrack

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2. But Jackalope - it's $85 MILLION!!

Reply to The_jackalope (Reply #1)

Wed Apr 24, 2019, 08:42 AM

Apr 2019

Last edited Wed Apr 24, 2019, 09:36 AM - Edit history (1)

And did I mention there's a PRIZE??

On edit - got curious and decided to run the numbers.

37 billion tons of carbon emitted through human activities in all of 2018, so divide that by 365 for 101,369,863 million tons/day. Divide that by 24 for 4,223,744 tons per hour, and then by 60 for 70,396 tons/minute. Once more by 60 and you get 1,173 tons per second.

So, this project will sequester about 8.5 seconds' worth of global anthropogenic carbon emissions - in four or five years, maybe, because it has to come in under $200/ton.

Did I mention that there's a PRIZE??

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Aaaaassssgggggggjhhhhh!!!!! The_jackalope Apr 2019 #1

But Jackalope - it's $85 MILLION!! hatrack Apr 2019 #2

Oh, there's a prize? The_jackalope Apr 2019 #3