also we’re not re-releasing all of the sequestered carbon. more like a thousandth of it.
all oxygen today used to be CO2. so there was at least 200 mbar (mili-bar, 10^-3 bar) of CO2 in the atmosphere. humanity has released 200 ubar (micro-bar, 10^-6 bar) of CO2 so far, and if the renewable energy buildout continues at the current exponential rate, we’re gonna release maybe 300 or 400 ubar in total before no more fossil fuels will be burned. that’s approximately 0.2% of what was sequestered.
also we’re not re-releasing all of the sequestered carbon. more like a thousandth of it.
all oxygen today used to be CO2. so there was at least 200 mbar (mili-bar, 10^-3 bar) of CO2 in the atmosphere. humanity has released 200 ubar (micro-bar, 10^-6 bar) of CO2 so far, and if the renewable energy buildout continues at the current exponential rate, we’re gonna release maybe 300 or 400 ubar in total before no more fossil fuels will be burned. that’s approximately 0.2% of what was sequestered.