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In reply to the discussion: The U.S. Navy Just Announced The End Of Big Oil And No One Noticed [View all]jeff47
(26,549 posts)It explains the equilibrium between atmospheric CO2 and CO2 dissolved in the ocean.
Because it's an equilibrium, the CO2 is not sequestered. Remove the CO2 from the ocean, and that CO2 is replaced with CO2 from the atmosphere. The same atmosphere where you just dumped the CO2 from the fuel you burned.
The result of this process is no net release of CO2. The amount released by burning is offset by the amount dissolved into the ocean.
This is exactly the same as burning a biofuel. Grow some algae, then burn it. The CO2 released from burning is the same amount that was absorbed by the algae as it grows.
Btw, "the greenhouse effect", is not an accurate term. Some parts of the Earth will actually get colder due to more cloud cover and fewer sunny days. Hence "climate change" is the preferred term.