CaCO3 resources for carbon fuels production
AI Google: The Numbers: CaCO₃ vs. Oil & Gas Resource Type Estimated Global Reservoir Size (in Carbon Mass) Equivalency in Metric Tons (Gt / Mt) Calcium Carbonate (CaCO₃) ~40,000,000 Gigatons (Gt) 40,000,000,000 Million Tons (Mt) All Fossil Fuels (Oil, Gas, & Coal) ~4,000 to 5,000 Gigatons (Gt) ~4,000,000 to 5,000,000 Million Tons (Mt) Why is the Google: difference so massive? 1. The Earth's Largest Carbon Sink: Calcium carbonate is the single largest reservoir of carbon on the planet. Over 99% of all the carbon on Earth is locked up in the crust, predominantly as sedimentary limestone rocks formed over hundreds of millions of years from the shells and skeletons of marine organisms. [1, 2, 3] 2. Efficiency of Formation: When marine life dies, its carbonate shells reliably settle to the ocean floor to form rock layers miles thick. By contrast, fossil fuels (oil and gas) require highly specific, rare, and oxygen-depleted geological "trap" conditions to form from org...