Reply #29: I don't think we should dismiss this technology out of hand, but buying shade grown coffee... [View All]

[cascadiance]

... would probably help more in the immediate future now, to help stop the tearing down of nature's CO2 "capture machines"...

If we do put such devices in now, they should be looked at as a *supplement* to nature's natural plant mechanisms for providing photosynthesis, rather than what some might think o as a *replacement* for them. Ultimately we want to restore the natural balance we had before we started disturbing that balance by hacking down forests, etc.

If it can be shown these devices can be made and powered in a way that their manufacture has little effect on destroying the environment, consuming energy, etc. compared to what they yield back in terms of taking down CO2 content, then I think we should look at them as a means to help reverse the damaging conditions.

But anyone who thinks these are now "slick" ways of replacing what trees have been doing in the past should have their heads examined. They shouldn't be viewed as a permanent fixture in our Earth's ecosystem.