Re:Synthetic "tree" captures more carbon than a real one
by falsestprophet on Wednesday July 15, 2009 @11:50PM
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This is a very poor substitute for trees. Trees convert gaseous carbon dioxide into solid organic molecules [1].
I am pretty suspicious of the idea that humans (especially the humans who come up with the lowest bids to win these contracts) can store planetary-scale amounts of carbon dioxide over geologic time.
I am pretty suspicious of the idea that humans (especially the humans who come up with the lowest bids to win these contracts) can store planetary-scale amounts of carbon dioxide over geologic time.
This may very well accomplish nothing.
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_fixation