Owning the Carbon Cycle

For past 100 years—from the tail end of the industrial revolution, through the chemicals revolution and into the digital revolution—we have been passive observers of our effects on the planet. Over the next 100 years, we will need to take an active role in managing these effects if we are to avoid potentially catastrophic impacts on large numbers of the world’s population.

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Posted by Robert Senior  on  02/01  at  07:08 AM

Most relevant article here Andrew and appreciated. Slowing the Source and Speeding the Sink in the carbon flux context. Indeed we can't have fish of one and foul of the other.

Can control without ownership as with leasehold of assets. On the sink side, would recommend viewing (if not already aware):

'Artificial trees' to cut carbon Aug 09
By Judith Burns
Science and environment reporter, BBC News

Artificial trees could be used in areas where carbon emissions are high .

Engineers say a forest of 100,000 "artificial trees" could be deployed within 10 to 20 years to help soak up the world's carbon emissions.

The trees are among three geo-engineering ideas highlighted as practical in a new report.

The authors from the Institution of Mechanical Engineers say that without geo-engineering it will be impossible to avoid dangerous climate change.

The report includes a 100-year roadmap to "decarbonise" the global economy.

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