"Brilliant Planet" plans a cheap, gigaton-scale carbon capture scheme using algae !! 2

[MJCronin]

Modestly Titled Organization plans World changing technology on a massive scale ....

https://newatlas.com/environment/brilliant-planet-algae-carbon-sequestration/

https://www.brilliantplanet.com/

Seawater pumps that will deliver massive amounts of nutrient rich water from the ocean bottom, two miles offshore are "no big deal"...

What do you think ???

MJCronin
Sr. Process Engineer

 

There have been so many algae-based CO2 mitigation schemes proposed. One plant was built in my town and folded within a couple years.

I have friends running a small green corporation on the side who did a deep dive but could not find a unicorn. Trouble is that algae always muddies the water ... literally, blocking the LED grow lights.

"Everyone is entitled to their own opinions, but they are not entitled to their own facts."

 

[MJCronin]

What if I told you that "Brilliant Planet" has one of the highest concentrations of MBAs of any organization on the face of the earth ?

Would that make you accept their ground breaking "paradigm shifting" atomic whiz-bang technology ?

What if I told you that everyone hired must be a graduate of the Project Management Institute ? ..... and able to read pie-charts ??????

What if I told you that they were looking for a single engineer (new graduate preferred) to design their entire massive seawater system with perhaps some of the largest submersible pumps on the planet ? ....... Hmmmmm?

https://apply.workable.com/brilliantplanet/j/D42B3F8E54/

What about that ?

Welll ???????????????

MJCronin
Sr. Process Engineer

 

You couldn't make it up. Did you make it up?

What if I told you that "Brilliant Planet" has one of the highest concentrations of MBAs of any organization on the face of the earth?

You say it like it's a good thing!



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[IRstuff]

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[TugboatEng]

I won't take the climate change consortium seriously until they stop taking these types of projects seriously. If they are intelligent enough to predict global temperature rise and the catastrophe that will result they should surely understand why hydro electric without significant elevation change is not viable.

https://interestingengineering.com/tidal-turbine-generates-power-12-solar-panels

The worst part is the application. Of deceptive labels. Interesting engineering is exactly not that. I am happy that Lawrence Berkeley, doesn't rely on fear for funding, came out and said that climate change will end the droughts in my region.

 

[dik]

...and, having an easy solution means that the root cause of the problem is not addressed.

Rather than think climate change and the corona virus as science, think of it as the wrath of God. Do you feel any better?

-Dik

 

[TugboatEng]

MJ, invest in stainless steel producers because you know that's going to be their go to material.

 

[rb1957]

"brilliant" projects reminds me of "smart" cars (the tiny Mercedes town car) ... IMHO if you have to call it "smart" to convince people, then it isn't.

another day in paradise, or is paradise one day closer ?

 

'smart' is now officially a four-letter word

"Everyone is entitled to their own opinions, but they are not entitled to their own facts."

 

Would that make you accept their ground breaking "paradigm shifting" atomic whiz-bang technology ?

Does it work like this?

"Everyone is entitled to their own opinions, but they are not entitled to their own facts."

 

[bones206]

My next door neighbor has a startup company (

https://www.runningtide.com/carbonsinking)

that grows algae (kelp) at sea and then drops it to the bottom of the ocean as a long term carbon capture scheme. Not sure that will work too well if someone else running a vacuum at the bottom of the ocean

 

[TugboatEng]

As someone who grew up in a kelp growing region I see two major flaws. Kelp grows in cold agitated water in areas with rainfall runoff. Kelp needs lots of aeration and nutrients. Neither of these are present in areas with deep water. Add to that, the only place I know of with cold surface water and deep soundings is Monterey Bay, the same place I learned about kelp.

 

[bones206]

They must have their process worked out because they are attracting massive investment from all over the world. It's yet to be seen if it will have the desired impact, but I generally like the concept of taking advantage of nature to do the heavy lifting in a low input, low energy-intensive process.

Not really the case with the proposed on-shore algae farm, which requires pumping seawater. That seems pretty disruptive and energy intensive.

 

attracting massive investment from all over the world.

Well so are NFTs, and we all know what the endgame for that looks like.

"Everyone is entitled to their own opinions, but they are not entitled to their own facts."

 

[bones206]

I have no idea what NFT's are.

Like I said, it's yet to be seen how impactful the submerging of kelp forests will be. But it's an elegant concept in its simplicity; unlike the algae farm concept, which requires engineered systems and external fuel sources.

 

[stevenal]

NFT

 

Being a qualified amateur acronym afficionado, I parse NFT as New Fraud Technique.

"Everyone is entitled to their own opinions, but they are not entitled to their own facts."

 

[bones206]

Ok I looked into NFT's for the sake of understanding the analogy. I guess there is some similarity in that entities are paying Running Tide for credits to offset the entity's own carbon footprint. Kind of a non-fungible value proposition but I guess if there is a market for it, then it becomes supply and demand.

 

[LionelHutz]

I think you just hit on one of the problems, companies just throw money at "green tech" to claim they are green and then go on doing the same as usual.