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t0mpr1c3yesterday at 8:57 PM1 replyview on HN

Carbon capture is already done at scale because CO2 is commercially valuable.

The proposed carbon storage is permanent in the form of carbonates. This is a variant of the Solvay process used to make washing powder.

Chalk cliffs were once the shells of sea creatures. That's a whole load of sequestered carbon right there.


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wizzwizz4yesterday at 10:15 PM

I was under the impression that commercial CO₂ was produced by mining chalk.