It's interesting that 10 of the books listed were written by Iain M. Banks, almost all from the entire Culture series, and shared recommendations with with Jeff Bezos and Stewart Brand. For those who don't know, the two SpaceX drone landing ships get their names from Banks novel, "The Player of Games".

Before we get too far here, a cubic mile of seawater with 1 part per million of carbon dioxide will require 11,765,131 pounds of CaO to sequester the carbon dioxide. Anyone want to calc the carbon foot print of the vehicle(s) that transport the lime to the ocean? Diminishing returns, anyone?

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