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Is that even feasible in terms of scale? How many gigatons/y could such a system reasonably be scaled up to?

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by dvx (dvx.clt ät gmail dotcom) on Fri Nov 21st, 2008 at 09:25:21 AM EST
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This research is an approach of carbonisation that's truly in its infancy and there's the real possibility it will have to be abandoned.

The geological packages under consideration are salt and rocks, mostly. It all depends on reaction rates - and finding those out is part of the research. There's very little known on the kinetics of mineral formation at non-atmospheric pressures and temperatures.

Will know more in January; apparently there's a publication in the pipeline.

by Nomad on Fri Nov 21st, 2008 at 12:25:43 PM EST
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