Jeff Fink wrote: > We have economical examples of these devices all over the planet. They are > called trees. They are self replicating, and the higher the concentration > of CO2 gets the faster they replicate. Well, isn't that cool? A self > regulating planet wide system is already in place to deal with the problem.
Yes indeed, you've put your finger on a major piece of the problem: We have -- no, I mean we **HAD** -- all these wonderful forests, which could be part of the solution -- and we've cut down about half of them now, turning them into part of the problem. And we're working hard to cut down the other half just as quickly as we can get in there with enough chainsaws to do the work. Wiki saith: > Global deforestation sharply accelerated around 1852.[75][76] It has > been estimated that about half of the earth's mature tropical forests — > between 7.5 million and 8 million km2 (2.9 million to 3 million sq mi) > of the original 15 million to 16 million km2 (5.8 million to 6.2 million > sq mi) that until 1947 covered the planet[77] — have now been > cleared.[78][79] Some scientists have predicted that unless significant > measures (such as seeking out and protecting old growth forests that > haven't been disturbed)[77] are taken on a worldwide basis, by 2030 > there will only be ten percent remaining,[75][78] with another ten > percent in a degraded condition.[75] 80 percent will have been lost... Main article (which is quite long, above snippet is just a tiny piece): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deforestation The point is that this supposed carbon sink (global woodland) is actually being driven hard in the other direction, as a result of which it's a net carbon source. > > Jeff > > -----Original Message----- > From: OrionWorks [mailto:svj.orionwo...@gmail.com] > Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 2:09 PM > To: vortex-l > Subject: [Vo]:Sequestering CO2 > > Frank's work brings up a wish-list: > > Wouldn't it be nice if there was an economical technology in existence > that had the ability to separate CO2 back into its individual > elements. Release the oxygen back into the atmosphere while > simultaneously nano-manufacturing all sorts of interesting carbon > nonotubes. > > Regards > Steven Vincent Johnson > www.OrionWorks.com > www.zazzle.com/orionworks > > >
