Olivine; can we save the planet?

[Lilith7]

This new technology if it does what is claimed will likely just be used as an excuse by those who continue to burn stuff to continue as usual. The climate change deniers are all too eager to use any new mitigation strategy as yet another reason why they shouldn't mend their ways.

You're probably right but it may come to a point where laws are needed to make sure we can achieve it, if the situation becomes extremely bad at some future point.