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New Delhi smog grows more intense as farm fires rage (www.reuters.com)

submitted 8 months ago by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to c/news@beehaw.org

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[–] cosmic_skillet@lemmy.ml 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Come on guys, we can do this

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biochar_carbon_removal

[–] Chinzon@beehaw.org 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

There's a lot we can do in labs, the snag is often when you try to bring it to scale. Regardless, doing this is like trying to clean your lungs while still smoking

[–] cosmic_skillet@lemmy.ml 1 points 8 months ago

Yeah it's a huge effort to do large scale biochar production. The dream is to take all those waste stems they're burning and sequester the carbon in the soil. This will improve soil quality and improve air quality by stopping the burning, but it will cost big bucks.