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		chinchilla2020 on Oct 25, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Adding crushed rock to farmland pulls carbon out o... Possibly. I am not familiar with the sort of basalt they are using here. It may very well make sense under those conditions.

kisamoto on Oct 25, 2023 [–]

Olivine is in ready supply as a by-product from the mining industry. There are piles of it laying around (which don't have the same effect as spreading it out) although they do need to be transported to projects.

klysm on Oct 25, 2023 | [–]

By-product is the word I was looking for. Hopefully there isn’t a need for primary production

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