Widespread use of disposable co2 scrubbing materials in power plants by 2050?
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Take some ultramafic rocks, micronize them, mix with water, and then mix that slurry with the flue gasses of a power plant. Then discard it. Same principle as accelerated rock weathering but many orders of magnitude faster due to higher temperature, higher surface area, and higher concentration of CO2. This could remove most of the CO2 at very low cost.
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