Half a pound of this powder can remove as much CO₂ from the air as a tree, scientists say
Half a pound of this powder can remove as much CO₂ from the air as a tree, scientists say
Berkeley chemists have created a reusable material that pulls carbon dioxide from the air and holds onto it until it can be stored.
...and probably emits ten times that much carbon to produce. :-/
They can't be that stupid
The paper can be accessed from this site: https://yaghi.berkeley.edu/publications.html
The molecular structure of the powder:
The notable thing seems to not be that it can absorb (and desorb) CO2, but that it can undergo hundreds of cycles with little degredation.
I'm not a chemist, but from what I can tell it's created using cesium salt as a precursor or catalyst. This doesn't sound like something punks can safely mix in a bathtub.
🎶 watched the scientists throw up their hands conceding, “progress will resolve it all” 🎶