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MIT engineers develop a new way to remove carbon dioxide from air
mit.edu ^ | October 24, 2019 | David Chandler

Posted on 10/28/2019 3:58:39 PM PDT by grundle

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To: grundle

“Alternatively, the pure carbon dioxide stream could be compressed and injected underground for long-term disposal, or even made into fuel through a series of chemical and electrochemical processes. “

generating the energy to do any of that probably emits several tons of CO2 into the atmosphere for every ton compressed and injected or converted into fuel ...

there’s no free lunch in physics and chemistry ...


61 posted on 10/28/2019 8:25:23 PM PDT by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: NorthMountain

Iron sulfate added to the ocean fed plankton, which incorporated CO2 into a bloom. Salmon delighted in the fresh food thus made available. A record catch later ensued.


62 posted on 10/28/2019 8:39:45 PM PDT by Ozark Tom
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To: JBW1949

Say goodbye to the Impossible
Whopper.....


63 posted on 10/28/2019 9:31:08 PM PDT by Lean-Right (Eat More Moose)
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To: grundle

No CO2...no urea cycle...you die of ammonia toxicity....look it up...climate change clowns...


64 posted on 10/28/2019 10:37:02 PM PDT by Getready (Wisdom is more valuable than gold and diamonds, and harder to find.)
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To: grundle

Seems like a lot of work and expensive materials to get some co2, when The Almighty has already perfected the process in trees.


65 posted on 10/28/2019 11:44:46 PM PDT by blueplum ("...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017)
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To: JBW1949

Wonder what the climate will be like with no life whatsoever on the planet???


Obviously the climate will be Perfect! Life is overrated ...


66 posted on 10/29/2019 1:25:31 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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To: grundle

God already invented a Carbon Dioxide removal system - it’s called, “Green Plants”


67 posted on 10/29/2019 4:03:07 AM PDT by trebb (Don't howl about illegal leeches, or Trump in general, while not donating to FR - it's hypocritical.)
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To: Sacajaweau

Actually, a large number of REAL scientists knew the rate at which the Gulf would clear the oil. It’s just that they didn’t make it into the Fake News.


68 posted on 10/29/2019 4:18:23 AM PDT by norwaypinesavage (Calm down and enjoy the ride, great things are happening for our country)
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To: Flash Bazbeaux

But as part of the air scrubber system on a submarine or spacecraft, it could be valuable.


69 posted on 10/29/2019 4:23:45 AM PDT by SauronOfMordor (A Leftist can't enjoy life unless they are controlling, hurting, or destroying others.)
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To: grundle

The astronauts on Apollo 13 already figured it out, using spare parts in the middle of outer space with less computing power than a tomogotchi...


70 posted on 10/29/2019 6:01:57 AM PDT by jimmygrace
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To: Lurkinanloomin

Especially if, as seems likely, we are entering another Little Ice Age. These periods are characterized by famine and removing CO2 from the atmosphere would exacerbate that effect. And, if in 20 years, the climate is colder and crops are failing, the process of draining the CO2 out of the atmosphere will not stop and will be, in fact, expanded on the theory that it is the CO2 that is causing the cold and the famine.


71 posted on 10/29/2019 7:26:21 AM PDT by arthurus (|-|>/>_<:-| |-=O eee + I |+ *)
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To: Bernard Marx

Actually I have seen some (Millions of Year scale) graphs which indicate that CO2 concentrations LAG global warming cycles, not LEAD them.

If that’s true, it could imply that global temp increases cause CO2 increases, not the other way around.


72 posted on 10/29/2019 10:38:25 PM PDT by Oscar in Batangas (January 20, 2017, High Noon. The end of an error.)
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To: Windflier

Why on earth would you think sucking all the co2 out of the air was the plan? That’s absurd.


73 posted on 10/29/2019 10:45:28 PM PDT by mlo
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To: grundle
Good! After I am dead and gone, they can remove every smidgen of it.
74 posted on 10/29/2019 11:07:04 PM PDT by sport
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To: Lurkinanloomin

Yep. And they are just stupid enough to do exactly that.


75 posted on 10/29/2019 11:08:06 PM PDT by sport
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To: mlo
Why on earth would you think sucking all the co2 out of the air was the plan? That’s absurd.

You sound personally offended. What's your stake in this? Are you the author? An investor? The inventor?

76 posted on 10/30/2019 7:36:40 AM PDT by Windflier (Torches and pitchforks ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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To: Oscar in Batangas

I’ve seen the same scales. I’ve also seen some that show ancient periods when C02 levels were much higher than at present while temps remained moderate. The innocent public’s been sold a bunch of pseudo-scientific hogwash for purely political reasons: global governance and income redistribution. The thing that really bothers me is that the people most affected, like energy producers, seem to just roll over and buy into the myth. Maybe there’s money to be made from it.


77 posted on 10/30/2019 8:36:58 AM PDT by Bernard Marx
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