[AndyJackson]

Uh, Magenesite is MgCO3, and is the end product. Unaddressed is where you get the Magnesium from to start the process. Well, you refine it from Magnesite or Dolomite or some other Magenesium bearing metal, through processes requiring electricty which comes from burning coal or natural gas.

Free lunch? I don't think so.

[ETL]

Magenesite is MgCO3, and is the end product. Unaddressed is where you get the Magnesium from to start the process. Well, you refine it from Magnesite or Dolomite or some other Magenesium bearing metal,

Did you mean magnetite?

[rktman]

So, you're saying the price of mag wheels is gonna sky rocket? 🚀💸

[Elderberry]

I looked also for the source. I saw that it is usually naturally formed from one of the olivine family of minerals.

[alexander_busek]

Unaddressed is where you get the Magnesium from to start the process. Well, you refine it from Magnesite or Dolomite or some other Magenesium bearing metal, through processes requiring electricty which comes from burning coal or natural gas.

Forget the burning of coal or other hydrocarbons!

Even if you used wind turbines to generate electricity to produce magnesite - the production of magnesite, itself, probably releases exactly as much CO2 as can later be sequestered in it!

Think: Cat farm where you feed rats to the cats, and the (dead) cats to the rats.

TANSTAAFL!

Regards,

[Ozark Tom]

A project (CarbFix) initiated in Iceland 2007 began experimenting with the injection of CO2 plus water into basalt formations. Basalt has the high magnesium content needed for mineral formation incorporating carbon and oxygen. This information was published at least two years ago.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/iceland-carbon-capture-project-quickly-converts-carbon-dioxide-stone-180959365/