1. Good to note black carbon is particularly harmful in the Arctic, where it gets deposited on ice and snow and accelerates its melting. That's one of the main drivers of global warming happening in the Arctic up to 4 times faster than average on the planet.
2. "Particle scrubbing: Out". I would not cross it out so quickly. I would be curious to have a discussion with rocket engineers if it might be an option. Given the experience from the other industries like shipping, it's way easier to use scrabber than switch to a new type of fuel.
3. How does one finance this? I've considered doing black carbon emission reduction for the shipping industry. Currently there is no mechanism to finance this: no black carbon credit market, it's not part of CDR so AMC does not apply, no regulation, etc.
Michael, great stuff! My comments:
1. Good to note black carbon is particularly harmful in the Arctic, where it gets deposited on ice and snow and accelerates its melting. That's one of the main drivers of global warming happening in the Arctic up to 4 times faster than average on the planet.
2. "Particle scrubbing: Out". I would not cross it out so quickly. I would be curious to have a discussion with rocket engineers if it might be an option. Given the experience from the other industries like shipping, it's way easier to use scrabber than switch to a new type of fuel.
3. How does one finance this? I've considered doing black carbon emission reduction for the shipping industry. Currently there is no mechanism to finance this: no black carbon credit market, it's not part of CDR so AMC does not apply, no regulation, etc.