Doug Bostrom<p>Operational economics: a variant of <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/RegulatoryCapture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RegulatoryCapture</span></a>, sadly.</p><p>"...using spatial analysis and financial valuation of the BCP service, we estimate that, annually, the BCP adds 2.81 GtC (range 2.44–3.53 GtC) to the ocean with a storage time of at least 50 years (±25 years). This ecosystem service is worth US$545 billion per year...where the sum of its discounted values for 2023–2030 is US$2.2 trillion (range US$1.9–2.7 trillion)."</p><p>Not <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAccess</span></a>; talking to the hand. </p><p><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-025-02295-0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nature.com/articles/s41558-025</span><span class="invisible">-02295-0</span></a></p>