#EP327 What if we could remove a trillion tons of CO2 from the atmosphere for $2 billion a year?

Peter Fiekowsky, author of "Climate Restoration" and founder of the Foundation for Climate Restoration, returns to The Clean Power Hour with a solution most people have never heard of: localized ocean iron fertilization. An astrophysicist and semiconductor entrepreneur by training, Peter has spent over a decade researching methods to restore atmospheric CO2 to pre-industrial levels of 300 ppm. His work has taken him from the Vatican to the White House, and he now leads a growing movement to fund and deploy this proven natural process.

KEY DISCUSSION POINTS:

• Why the energy transition alone will not prevent 450 ppm by 2050
• Localized ocean iron fertilization targets only 1% of the ocean using downwelling eddies
• The Mt. Pinatubo volcanic eruption in 1991 caused global CO2 to flatline for two years
• Total cost: $1-2 billion per year (one penny per American per day)
• This approach removes 1,000 to 10,000 times more carbon than traditional ocean fertilization methods
• Robotic ships could distribute iron pellets without crew costs
• The Foundation's "million sponsor" campaign aims to demonstrate public demand for climate restoration

The wind, solar, and battery industries are doing essential work to eliminate 50 gigatons of annual emissions. That fight must continue. But stopping the bleeding is not the same as healing the wound. Peter Fiekowsky's research shows that nature has already solved this problem dozens of times through the Ice Age cycle. The question is whether humanity will choose to replicate what works. For the cost of a penny a day per American, we have the option to return atmospheric CO2 to safe levels within 25 years. The technology exists. The funding is achievable. The only missing ingredient is the collective decision to do it.

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Website: www.peterfiekowsky.com/

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