Fossil Fuel Carbon Storage

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Your gadgets are actually carbon sinks — for now

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A new study estimates that billions of tons of carbon from fossil fuels is stored in gadgets, building materials, and other long-lasting human-made items.

The term, a play on “biosphere” got its start in 1960 , when a science writer wrote that “modern man has become a goalless, lonely prisoner of his technosphere.

In 2011 , 9 percent of all extracted fossil carbon was sunk into items and infrastructure in the technosphere, a study says.

The bulk of fossil carbon that’s put into landfills decays slowly and stays put over 50 years .

Designing products in a way that allows them to be recycled and last a long time can help keep the carbon trapped for longer.

Ultimately, Hubacek said, the real solution starts with people questioning if they really need so much stuff.

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