Elon Musk to offer $100M prize for 'best' carbon capture tech

Re:Elon Musk to offer $100M prize for 'best' carbon capture ... by sudosysgen on Friday January 22, 2021 @02:48AM (#25869424)

Heating up the wood in an inert atmosphere until it decomposes to pure carbon would work. Where should I submit such a proposal?

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Re:Elon Musk to offer $100M prize for 'best' carbon capture ... by guerrilla on Friday January 22, 2021 @03:28AM (#25869627)

What would be the point of that? Why not just cut down the trees, bury them and grow new ones?

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Re:Elon Musk to offer $100M prize for 'best' carbon capture ... by sudosysgen on Friday January 22, 2021 @10:01AM (#25872169)

If you simply bury them, there is a good chance the wood will be decomposed anaerobically, producing methane then carbon dioxide.

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Re:Elon Musk to offer $100M prize for 'best' carbon capture ... by babesh on Friday January 22, 2021 @03:35AM (#25869660)

Why bury them? Build more things from wood instead of plastic.

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Re:Elon Musk to offer $100M prize for 'best' carbon capture ... by guerrilla on Friday January 22, 2021 @06:37AM (#25870748)

That would be nice wouldn't it.

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Re:Elon Musk to offer $100M prize for 'best' carbon capture ... by Kaibeezy on Friday January 22, 2021 @03:48AM (#25869717)

I think the point is that by removing the water, empty space and non-carbon it would be physically much smaller.

Now, compress it under great pressure and heat and enter the Diamond Age.

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Re:Elon Musk to offer $100M prize for 'best' carbon capture ... by londons_explore on Friday January 22, 2021 @04:36AM (#25870032)

Then we can pour diamonds into our cars and burn them...

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Re:Elon Musk to offer $100M prize for 'best' carbon capture ... by totalZero on Friday January 22, 2021 @02:57PM (#25875599)

Per the article, the details of that will be released next week. Seems like a cool idea.

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