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FourScore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-30-08 08:25 PM Original message |
Could US scientist's 'CO2 catcher' help to slow warming? |
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heliarc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-30-08 08:28 PM Response to Original message |
1. I call it .... |
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Fox Mulder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-30-08 08:29 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I was just going to say the same thing. |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-31-08 06:23 AM Response to Reply #2 |
27. "Trees are a big pollution problem. Smirk." - Ronald Reagan & republcion cronies |
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lob1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-30-08 08:48 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Where do I get one of these "tree" things? |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-30-08 10:02 PM Response to Reply #4 |
16. LOL |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-30-08 08:53 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. Good one! n/t |
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Sam Ervin jret (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-30-08 08:55 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. where's the profit margin in that? |
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KaptBunnyPants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-31-08 12:04 PM Response to Reply #1 |
36. Which tree can capture a tonne of CO2 per day? |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-01-08 09:21 PM Response to Reply #36 |
48. For the price of one CO2 scrubber, one can plant an entire forest of trees |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-02-08 09:34 AM Response to Reply #1 |
50. Some call it corn, we call it maize. ;) lol nt |
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rockymountaindem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-30-08 08:33 PM Response to Original message |
3. Well, finally some good news. |
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salguine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-30-08 08:48 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Surely somebody's thought of solar-powering it? |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-30-08 08:52 PM Response to Original message |
6. Add calcium to the soil, it will combine with the CO2 and form |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-31-08 11:17 AM Response to Reply #6 |
33. Where does most of the commercially available calcium come from? |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-31-08 11:27 AM Response to Reply #33 |
35. Animals die on their own. Certain crops do a better job of |
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nebenaube (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-31-08 03:06 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. yes |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-31-08 03:39 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. I think they are already looking at what crops would work best in what |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-30-08 08:59 PM Response to Original message |
9. Just stop killing the rainforest, the oceans, and kowtowing to Big Oil |
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bean fidhleir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-31-08 12:35 PM Response to Reply #9 |
37. Exactly. It's like ending the killing in Iraq: just *stop*. Nobody needs anyone's permission. |
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The Diest (82 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-30-08 09:18 PM Response to Original message |
10. In the book Mother of Storms (fiction) scientists do something |
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buckrogers1965 (515 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-30-08 09:26 PM Response to Original message |
11. I remember cities even having trees when I was a youngin. |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-31-08 12:24 AM Response to Reply #11 |
21. Were they elm trees? |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-31-08 04:56 PM Response to Reply #21 |
41. Yes, this does sound like Dutch Elm disease. |
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Hardrada (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-31-08 12:55 AM Response to Reply #11 |
23. Our neighbors cut some or all of their trees down (depending on neighbor). |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-02-08 10:58 AM Response to Reply #11 |
52. Dutch Elm Disease. And now, the Emerald Ash Borer. |
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Q3JR4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-30-08 09:29 PM Response to Original message |
12. I've always wondered when |
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whistle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-30-08 09:34 PM Response to Original message |
13. The best CO2 catcher would be trees...millions of acres of them replanted |
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WillyToad (389 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-31-08 09:50 AM Response to Reply #13 |
31. Trees alone wont do it... |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-30-08 09:47 PM Response to Original message |
14. Spread bone meal everywhere. |
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tctctctc (53 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-30-08 10:00 PM Response to Original message |
15. Well we better figure it out ASAP..Gore is about to strap US with |
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Teaser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-31-08 12:00 AM Response to Reply #15 |
18. I'm down with the international bankers. |
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Teaser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-31-08 12:01 AM Response to Reply #15 |
19. BTW.... |
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Hardrada (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-31-08 12:56 AM Response to Reply #19 |
24. Yeah, those goddamn Swiss! |
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whistle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-31-08 10:03 AM Response to Reply #19 |
32. What? |
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gristy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-30-08 10:59 PM Response to Original message |
17. from the article |
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Teaser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-31-08 12:03 AM Response to Reply #17 |
20. wait, it PRODUCES pure CO2 gas? |
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drm604 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-31-08 12:54 AM Response to Reply #20 |
22. When they say it "produces" CO2 |
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rasputin1952 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-31-08 01:00 AM Response to Original message |
25. I was beaten to the punch in the beginning of this thread... |
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DUlover2909 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-31-08 01:46 AM Response to Original message |
26. CO2 electrolysis could create oxygen. |
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drm604 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-31-08 07:14 AM Response to Reply #26 |
28. I don't think blocks of cement would hold up long enough. |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-31-08 11:24 AM Response to Reply #26 |
34. focused sunlight can reach high enough temps I believe. |
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cascadiance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-31-08 08:50 AM Response to Original message |
29. I don't think we should dismiss this technology out of hand, but buying shade grown coffee... |
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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-31-08 09:45 AM Response to Original message |
30. These carbon sequestration schemes sound bogus |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-31-08 04:18 PM Response to Reply #30 |
40. Separation processes don't *necessarily* require that much energy ... |
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FourScore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-31-08 10:22 PM Response to Reply #40 |
45. Excellent information. Thank you. |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-31-08 05:18 PM Response to Original message |
42. a device that can "$uck" carbon dioxide (CO2) from the air |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-31-08 09:17 PM Response to Original message |
43. The CO2 thus captured could be sequestered in giant gasbags |
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whistle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-31-08 10:23 PM Response to Reply #43 |
46. Great point turn on the CO2 machine at full speed and watch Rush |
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RL3AO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-31-08 09:39 PM Response to Original message |
44. CO2 catcher? It already exists. |
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lapfog_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-01-08 02:18 AM Response to Original message |
47. Let's do a little math shall we.. |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-01-08 09:27 PM Response to Reply #47 |
49. It also appears that it captures CO2 as a gas, not a solid |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-02-08 09:35 AM Response to Original message |
51. what does the carbon look like once it's removed from the scrubbers? |
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