BERCshop : Closing the Carbon Cycle - Scaling Up Carbon Removal Solutions 18 Feb 2014
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BERCshop: Closing the Carbon Cycle - Scaling Up Carbon Removal Solutions 18 Feb 2014 Ken Caldeira Carnegie Institution for Science, Dept of Global Ecology Stanford University, Dept of Earth System Science [email protected]
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BERCshop : Closing the Carbon Cycle - Scaling Up Carbon Removal Solutions 18 Feb 2014. Ken Caldeira Carnegie Institution for Science, Dept of Global Ecology Stanford University, Dept of Earth System Science [email protected]. Archer et al., 2009. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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BERCshop: Closing the Carbon Cycle - Scaling Up Carbon Removal Solutions18 Feb 2014
Ken Caldeira
Carnegie Institution for Science, Dept of Global EcologyStanford University, Dept of Earth System Science
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Archer et al., 2009
CO2 stays in the atmosphere for a long time.
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If we removed all excess CO2 from the atmosphere
today, that would offset only about half the warming
Cao et al 2011
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US per capita CO2 emissions are about 50 kg/day~110 pounds/day
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Energy system transitions aren’t easy
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Caldeira et al., 2013
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Carbon dioxide removal proposals
Caldeira et al., 2013
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American average per capita CO2 production
about 50 kg CO2 / day
about 110 pounds CO2 / day
about twice level of EU, China
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GOES East, 18 July 2013