The Permanent Carbon Vault

Our blueprint to capture and lock away CO₂ for millions of years—at $10–$50/ton.

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Why Permanence Matters

Temporary fixes delay the problem. Our mission: make geologic and mineral sequestration the default endgame—so no carbon liability passes to future generations.

The Permanent Carbon Vault: Capturing & Burying CO₂ at $10–$50/ton

Our endgame blueprint charts the path to $10–$50/ton removal: next-gen modular DAC, AI-optimized mineralization, shared transport hubs, and aligned policy levers. We show how these breakthroughs lock carbon away forever while slashing costs.

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1. The Science of Carbon Mineralization: Turning CO₂ into Stone

We unpack the chemistry that converts CO₂ into stable carbonates, from natural basalt carbonation to engineered binders. Learn why these reactions are irreversible on human timescales and how we can accelerate them at scale.

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2. The Global Need for Deep CO₂ Storage: Where & Why?

We map the world’s ideal geologic reservoirs—basalt formations, ultramafic rocks, saline aquifers, depleted fields—and assess capacity, integrity, and accessibility.

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3. The Economics of Large-Scale Carbon Sequestration

A deep dive into cost breakdowns, reduction levers, and financing models that can turn carbon removal into a sustainable, trillion-dollar industry.

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4. AI-Driven CO₂ Removal: How Artificial Intelligence Accelerates Sequestration

From predictive geology to generative sorbent design and autonomous operations, discover how AI cuts costs and speeds up permanent CO₂ removal.

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5. Policy & Market Mechanisms: Aligning Incentives for Permanent Storage

A playbook of carbon price floors, removal credits, vault certification, public-private partnerships, and de-risking tools to make permanent CO₂ storage the economic default.

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6. Mega-Scale Carbon Sequestration: Blueprint for a Global Program

Designing a planet-scale network of CO₂ transport corridors, regional hubs, and multilateral governance to sequester gigatons annually.

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7. Risks & Challenges in CO₂ Sequestration: What Could Go Wrong?

An in-depth look at technical, environmental, seismic, and social risks in carbon sequestration—and how robust monitoring and governance turn risks into trust.

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8. Everyday CO₂ Capture vs. Permanent Burial: Choosing the Right Tools

A side-by-side look at short-term capture routes—fuels, chemicals, materials—versus deep storage, and guidance on when each belongs in your carbon toolkit.

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9. A Legacy Not a Liability: Why CO₂ Belongs Back Underground

A manifesto making the moral, scientific, and practical case for permanent carbon storage. We challenge every stakeholder to commit to a future where no carbon liability is passed to generations yet unborn.

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10. Principles of Responsible Carbon Stewardship

Our eight guiding principles—intergenerational justice, planetary stewardship, scientific rigor, transparency, shared infrastructure, inclusive governance, precaution, and legacy accountability—ensure every CO₂ storage project honors people and planet.

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11. Stewards of the Subsurface: Safe, Responsible CO₂ Sequestration

How to protect groundwater, ecosystems, and the deep Earth while storing CO₂—explaining lithospheric ethics, well design, pressure management, chemical compatibility, and post-project ecology in plain language.

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Cost Curve Explorer

Track how innovation drives costs from $150/ton to $10/ton.

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Global Storage Atlas

Explore Earth’s ideal carbon vaults—by region.

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Principles of Carbon Stewardship

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