Researchers propose solar methanol island using ocean CO₂

Re:Researchers propose solar methanol island using ocean CO₂ by mrfusion on Saturday June 08, 2019 @08:59PM (#20136265)

Wouldn’t it make sense to build these on large lakes and skip the desalination step?

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Re:Researchers propose solar methanol island using ocean CO₂ by fernly on Saturday June 08, 2019 @10:19PM (#20136620)

One reason that springs to mind is the shortage of large lakes near the equator. Solar "lily pads" would be much less efficient on the Great Lakes or Lake Baikal, and have seasonal swings of output.

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Re:Researchers propose solar methanol island using ocean CO₂ by GlennS on Sunday June 09, 2019 @12:16AM (#20137082)

The Great Lakes in Africa are close to the equator.

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Re:Researchers propose solar methanol island using ocean CO₂ by na85 on Sunday June 09, 2019 @12:52AM (#20137193)

And they're one group of very few lakes which was the point.

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Re:Researchers propose solar methanol island using ocean CO₂ by jammmety on Sunday June 09, 2019 @12:15AM (#20137080)

What about the African Great Lakes?

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Re:Researchers propose solar methanol island using ocean CO₂ by sp332 on Saturday June 08, 2019 @11:29PM (#20136920)

That wouldn't help de-acidify the oceans. But I guess through diffusion it's all connected anyway.

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Re:Researchers propose solar methanol island using ocean CO₂ by riffraff on Sunday June 09, 2019 @12:20AM (#20137091)

The Mediterranean is connected to the oceans and to the black sea but their salinity is really different, I do not believe diffusion works as easily.

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Re:Researchers propose solar methanol island using ocean CO₂ by sp332 on Sunday June 09, 2019 @09:00AM (#20138891)

Right but if you take CO2 from the Mediterranean, then it will absorb more from the air, which means the oceans will absorb less from the air.

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