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pscot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-10-07 01:15 PM Original message |
Carbon capture may actually work |
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bluerum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-10-07 01:18 PM Response to Original message |
1. Are we talking about trees and plants here? |
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pscot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-10-07 02:18 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Air |
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bluerum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-10-07 05:06 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. I know - I was thinking that plants can do the filtering and assimilate the |
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PATRICK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-10-07 01:18 PM Response to Original message |
2. When it is captured |
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berni_mccoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-10-07 01:24 PM Response to Original message |
3. It's a global strength CO2 Scrubber (like what they use in space) |
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Richard D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-10-07 01:49 PM Response to Original message |
4. If they cost a million dollars each . . . |
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pscot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-10-07 02:26 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. As I understand it, polluters would defray the cost |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-10-07 02:37 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Pumping gaseous CO2 into holes in the ground does not constitute |
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pscot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-10-07 02:51 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. If sweeping it under the rug provides a temporary respite, |
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Nihil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 07:45 AM Response to Reply #8 |
15. Because it encourages the short-term "profit now" thinking that got us into this mess! |
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On the Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-10-07 04:43 PM Response to Original message |
9. I Saw an Article Several Years Ago |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-10-07 08:31 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Interesting. nt |
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pscot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 12:03 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. This evokes an image |
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On the Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 08:56 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. The Possibility They Discussed |
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pscot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 01:40 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. I agree heartily with that last |
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tinrobot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 11:28 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. But what would that do to the ocean? |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 01:36 PM Response to Reply #9 |
17. and what damage does corn stalks do to the deep ocean? |
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AlecBGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 01:25 PM Response to Original message |
16. look at the math |
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riverdeep (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 02:06 PM Response to Original message |
19. There are some inherent problems with sequestration. |
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pscot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 05:54 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. There's nothing easier |
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Nihil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 07:19 AM Response to Reply #20 |
24. So, it's better to f-up straight away than think things through? |
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philb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 07:37 PM Response to Original message |
21. The most cost effective applications of carbon capture use value of the CO2 |
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losthills (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 09:30 PM Response to Original message |
22. More smoke and miirors, |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 09:54 PM Response to Original message |
23. Carbon dioxide capture has worked for many, many, many, many, many years. |
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