Friedberg proposes engineered seaweed that sinks to ocean depths could rapidly decarbonize atmosphere using existing technology.
“If we could build an algae or a seaweed from scratch or using some basis and use software to resolve what's the right sort of seaweed to create, That will grow like crazy in the oceans.”
Friedberg describes a system using seven to nine plant enzymes in tanks to make starch from atmospheric carbon.
“And you put them together in a bunch of tanks, and then they can take carbon out of the atmosphere and they can actually make starch.”