Carbon dioxide 'sponge' could ease transition to cleaner energy

Phys.org ^ | 8/9/2015 | staff

[ModelBreaker]

I wonder what they do with all the plastic when it is used up. Turn it into plastic shopping bags and fine us for them?

[wku man]

Yeah..there are already these CO2 sponge thingys called "trees". Millions of them around...all over the world. Pretty cool how they work. What they do is soak up CO2, water and sunlight, and convert them into oxygen and glucose, through a process called "photosynthesis". I learned all about that in the 3rd grade, I think.

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[Rembrandt]

Every time I read about the next great idea from the “We’re Special” generation, I’m reminded of the old slogan “Don’t fool with Mother Nature.”

[chris37]

Sounds utterly insane, and was likely invented by some lunatic democrat that no doubt contributes to the DNC.

[Fungi]

Nonsense. Stop this crap about carbon dioxide being a “greenhouse gas.” It is not, never has been. It is the critical gas necessary for photosynthesis, and in increased concentrations beyond the natural 3-400 parts per million, plants grow faster, bigger, stronger and remove more of the “greenhouse gas” from the atmosphere. Stop believing this crap rammed down our throats. The premise is wrong, everything that follows is nonsense.

[American Constitutionalist]

Less C02 = less trees and plants = less oxygen = less humans, we can see where this is leading to.

[maine-iac7]

TREES are carbon dioxide sponges - and they give back oxygen.

We used to learn this by 2nd/third grade.

[Einherjar]

Yeah, but who decides what communities or political sub divisions are “sponge worthy “

[PreciousLiberty]

“Even if it works, they’ll find a reason not to use it, since it was never about CO2, it was about controlling the means of production.”

We have an excellent way to produce virtually unlimited electricity with no CO2. It’s called “nuclear power”.

Anytime someone brings up the “crisis of climate change” or anything similar, I reply with “fine, it’s time to start a massive nuclear buildout”. That separates the posers from the serious ones.

In truth, I fully support transitioning from coal-fired plants to nuclear across the board. Coal is a dirty fuel, whether or not CO2 is a problem. Advanced nuclear will be handy for space exploration as well. :-)

[USCG SimTech]

All of this on account of .034 percent of the atmosphere.

Trillion of dollars will be spent to get that down to .033% (not really possible) and then the panic will set in why photosynthesis world-wide is dangerously reduced. Starvation runs amuck as crop outputs are seriously reduced.

[USCG SimTech]

Less C02 = less trees and plants = less oxygen = less humans, we can see where this is leading to.

You don't happen to imply the Georgia Guidestones Agenda 21 initiative do you?

[bert]

Envirowacko elimination will be the cheapest and most effective solution

[American Constitutionalist]

All I know is that’s what it is leading to.