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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
Archer et al., 2009
CO2 stays in the atmosphere for a long time.
If we removed all excess CO2 from the atmosphere
today, that would offset only about half the warming
Cao et al 2011
US per capita CO2 emissions are about 50 kg/day~110 pounds/day
Energy system transitions aren’t easy
Caldeira et al., 2013
Carbon dioxide removal proposals
Caldeira et al., 2013
American average per capita CO2 production
about 50 kg CO2 / day
about 110 pounds CO2 / day
about twice level of EU, China
GOES East, 18 July 2013
