I'm not an engineer, mechanical or chemical, but I have respect for those who can quote and understand figures and apply them with reason.  I can quickly accept what engineers or scientists tell us about climate change.  In all my reading on the subject I have not seen a rational approach to combat the over-abundance of CO2 in the atmosphere.  Plant trees, yes.  Sequester carbon in mines or under the oceans, yes.  But how to take control of the CO2 and reduce the amount of it around the world, no.

How about a scientific process, engineered to 'split' the CO2 into the gas, Oxygen, and the solid, Carbon?  The Carbon could easily be collected, transported and sequestered underground, while Oxygen could be released into the atmosphere, helping us to keep breathing.  Who would pay?  Well, all of us, by way of some kind of taxation, perhaps applied to Big Oil, Big Agriculture, Big Automotive, those who contribute the most to Global Warming.

Des Emery

Another treasure trove of a paper.

I didn't realize the importance of the non-CO2 forcings -- 0.5-1.0W/m2, enough to save the Arctic, if we eliminated them! That got me thinking, how do we do that?

I looked up one, nitrous oxide, on wiki and found this:

Despite its relatively small concentration in the atmosphere, nitrous oxide is the third largest greenhouse gas contributor to overall global warming, behind carbon dioxide and methane. (The other nitrogen oxides contribute to global warming indirectly, by contributing to tropospheric ozone production during smog formation).

Nitrous oxide is emitted by bacteria in soils and oceans, and thus has been a part of Earth's atmosphere for eons. Agriculture is the main source of human-produced nitrous oxide: cultivating soil, the use of nitrogen fertilizers, and animal waste handling can all stimulate naturally occurring bacteria to produce more nitrous oxide. The livestock sector (primarily cows, chickens, and pigs) produces 65% of human-related nitrous oxide

There are 3 avenues to approach just there to save the polar bear: go organic, go vegetarian and go car-lite. Now multiply by 6 billion.

I wonder if atmospheric chemists could come up with a way to reduce nitrous oxide (or methane, chlorofluorocarbons, ozone) levels further...  

In all my reading on the subject I have not seen a rational approach to combat the over-abundance of CO2 in the atmosphere.  

Look into biochar.  This is a process that could generate energy by partially burning plant material, then stirs the ash/charcoal into the soil to enrich it.  Apparently this was something indigenous farming cultures did in the Amazon.