2025/11/21 by Andy Haverly, Haverly, Andy, So Yeon Kim +3 · 2 voices
Physics and Astronomy · #physics.soc-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2511.17174
Climate change is a rapidly accelerating problem that requires fast and large-scale carbon sequestration to prevent catastrophe. This paper proposes a novel approach to use explosives for large-scale carbon sequestration. Combining the long-practiced method of explosive mining with newer enhanced rock weathering techniques, we propose a faster, greener, and profitable method of large-scale carbon sequestration. This method is applicable for all explosives, including thermonuclear, and can be done safely with minimal anthropological and ecological impact. We estimate a cost of 0.68/ton of CO2 sequestered.