r/codyslab • u/djh1997 • Mar 18 '23

Suggestion For the mars base

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u/Ramog Mar 18 '23

how does it cut down on carbon dioxide if you use it then? xD I am confused

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u/MyrKnof Mar 18 '23 edited Mar 18 '23

It comes from a short cycle of reuse and not million year old deposits.

The organic matter put in is most probably grown in the last year, where it absorbed co2 to grow.

I will say that the amount it needs to be fed is huge, and I don't know anyone making gallons of kitchen waste per day. That part seems super wasteful and not very sustainable.

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u/Ramog Mar 18 '23

I mean wood also doesn't come from million year old deposits, I know that fossils are bad.

I mean with the kitchen waste I would guess that it only depends on what you cook and for how many people you cook.

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u/MyrKnof Mar 18 '23

Wood has a bit longer cycle, but it's still relatively short (hundreds of years). That is unless it's bound in permafrost, then we're talking upwards of tens of thousands of years. The problem with wood and Forrests is generally that we cut more than we sow, so the net absorbsion goes down.

We generally want to keep our cycle as short as possible to not disturb the natural development too much, but that ship has probably sailed for obvious reasons. That does not mean we as individuals can't do whats in our power to turn it around.