In a U.S. First, a Commercial Plant Starts Pulling Carbon From the Air
In a U.S. First, a Commercial Plant Starts Pulling Carbon From the Air
The technique is expensive but it could help fight climate change. Backers hope fast growth can bring down costs.
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Wouldn't it be more efficient to use algae for that and stuff the slime directly in the borehole?
12 0 ReplyPossible not, you need to maintain the growth conditions for the algae, that has some meaningful energy cost.
11 0 ReplyGlass panel over it for greenhouse?
Can't use more power than carbon skimming.
4 0 ReplyI actually helped research this as an undergrad. The problem we'd always face is there are certain microorganisms, like rotifers, that can just decimate a tank of algae. Many rotifer species are parthenogenic, so it literally only takes one rotifer to knock out an entire algae tank.
11 0 ReplyWhat if we genetically modified the algae to be impossible to kill and survive in extreme conditions. Like the algae equivalent of kudzu.
1 0 ReplyNow coming to everyone soon: algae world! All algae all the time! Covered in slime? That's worth a dime! There is no escaping it, not even a bit.
6 0 ReplyIt'll be fine.
If it gets out of hand we'll just engineer an equally hardy and aggressive rotifer to kill all the algae.
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You're basically exchanging a world-ending Gray Goo Scenario for a world-ending Green Goo Scenario.
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You need more than a green house lol.
1 0 ReplyI only ever had problems with too much algae in our pond...
1 0 ReplyYou've figured it out.
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