Project: Concrete Deliverables for UN Decade of Ocean Sciences for Sustainable Development

Team Members: 

Mark Capron, Project Lead

M.A. Hasan

Summary: 

Concrete Deliverables (actions) for the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development include:

(1) Grow seafood to a billion tonnes/yr (Seafood is now 170 million and meat is 330 million tonnes/yr.)

(2) While the seafood supply increases, increase hydrothermal liquefaction of wet wastes to 20 million barrels of oil/day, replace all fossil electricity with fossil-Allam Cycle electricity with CO2 sequestration, and improve techniques harvesting seaweed-for-biofuel.

(3) Grow seaweed for biofuel and crop residues for Allam Cycle electricity with CO2 sequestration until the global reduction of CO2 is between 30 to 40 billion tonnes/yr. This decreases atmospheric CO2 levels back near 300 ppm (removing legacy CO2). Our avoided cost (aka breakeven emissions penalty cost is between $21 and $26/tonne of CO2 captured from air, compressed, transported, and sequestered, relative to coal-fired SC-PC electricity).

Sustainable Development Goals:

  • No Poverty

  • Zero Hunger

  • Good Health and Well-Being

  • Quality Education

  • Gender Equality

  • Clean Water and Sanitation

  • Affordable and Clean Energy

  • Decent Work and Economic Growth

  • Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure

  • Reducing Inequality

  • Sustainable Cities and Communities

  • Responsible Consumption and Production

  • Climate Action

  • Life Below Water

  • Life on Land

  • Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions

  • Partnerships for the Goals

Skills & Resources Needed:

We can make a slow start on the seafood only with $10 million used to retain a few global experts, buy materials, and train the local community. With a $1 billion, we could get all actions going in many communities simultaneously, getting us to net zero emissions by 2050 and CO2 levels near 300 ppm by 2030.

Post-Capsule Goals:

  • University Partnership or Collaboration

  • Accelerator Program

  • Private Research Program

  • Entrepreneurial Program

  • Launching Your Own Startup

Project Motivation:

Pope Francis says it well, “The urgent challenge to protect our common home includes a concern to bring the whole human family together to seek a sustainable and integral development…”

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