Re: Carbonates are how the Earth deals with excess CO2
"Well.. there's a lot of abandoned/closed open pit mines. Bury it there maybe?"
A total waste of time and money. The tech might have a use for low cost scrubbers for space or diving but cleaning up coal is the most retarded idea in existence.
Plants clean up CO2. Ploughing fast growing crops into the soil traps carbon and improves the soil. Growing trees to use for housing traps carbon.
Plenty of ways which are far easier to clean up CO2 than burying a chemical mess.