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Carbon Solutions Now and Next: From Biomass to Mineralization
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Using Perititite to Remove CO2 From the Atmosphere
The rock that we use is called peritite. The rock itself is high in olivine, which is a mineral that reacts with CO2. A lot of these processes where people are trying to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere require a catalyst or some additional energy. Is that the case here or does this rock just naturally react? The rock is naturally reacting with CO2 constantly. So it's actually because the rock is in an unnatural state being on the surface rather than below the oceans,. It has been for thousands of years naturally reacting with the CO2 in the air and absorbing CO2 through a process called mineralization. What we're effectively doing is accelerating that process by creating the
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