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First Successful Demonstration of CO2 Capture Technology
An anonymous coward writes "Global Research Technologies, LLC (GRT), a technology research and development company, and Klaus Lackner from Columbia University have achieved the
successful demonstration of a bold new technology to capture carbon from the air. The "air extraction" prototype has successfully demonstrated that indeed carbon dioxide (CO2) can be captured from the atmosphere. This is GRT's first step toward a commercially viable air capture device."
Don't they call things that absorb CO2 from the air Trees...?
And couldn't we sequester CO2 from the atmosphere by converting trees into an inert substance--such as paper--then burying it into landfills?
I mean--couldn't we get a 'win/win' here by simply outlawing the recycling of paper?
Meanwhile, in a competing lab, scientists have unearthed a competing technology, known in ancient times. These "plants" are rumored to absorb CO2, and unbelivably, some of them, it is rumored, are edible.
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I find this idea somewhat concerning. All too often the human race is guilty of doing things because they can, before they learn whether or not they should. I'm all for reducing carbon emissions, but in all honesty, what the hell will we break if we start trying to extract too much carbon from the atmosphere.
I agree! The precautionary principle says that you should change with the natural world unless you know it's safe. Historically, atmospheric CO2 levels have been rising slowly for a hundred years or so. Possibly some of that is caused by humans, but it seems we should stick with the status quo until we have more evidence as to how much, and whether increased CO2 is a good thing, a bad thing or doesn't matter at all.
It's possible that lowering CO2 suddenly might cause the climate to flip into a new stable state, like a new Ice Age. Since the costs of this would be vast, it's very important not to take any measures which could allow it to happen. If irresponsible Europeans persist in sequestering carbon, the US should increase it's carbon emissions to compensate to ensure that the current trends continue.
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They should so like, seperate the carbon and oxygen, turn the carbon into diamonds, and then sell the oxygen at an oxygen bar. They they would make like, infinity million dollars!
Ohhh... I know, a whole new idea. Make it solar powered!
Dibs on the patent! Nobody's ever invented anything that uses solar power to split CO2!
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
The best way to reduce CO2 in the atmosphere still is and always will be to not emit it in the first place
Stop breathing now.
You should apply for a middle management job in IT. you are highly qualified for it :)
1. Extract Carbon from the Air.
2. Sell extracted carbon as combustible fuel
3. Profit
4. Return to Step 1
there, fixed it for you
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All this recycling and tree replanting should be avoided in the first place. We should be planting hemp everywhere.
Sure, hemp may be a great plant to fulfill many of our needs.
However, your plan fails to think of the children, and thus will be doomed to failure.
Why, hemp is sort of like mari-juana. You might as well inject heroin directly into fetuses.
The libertarian solution to the failures of capitalism is to apply more capitalism til the failures are fixed.