mini rant

Jul 01, 2008 11:58

I have been looking at ways to reduce carbon emissions. The usual solar panel/wind turbine etc options all come easily to hand... just need to be not renting. poo ( Read more... )

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ahmes July 1 2008, 10:13:06 UTC
There is no way to efficiently extract CO2 from the atmosphere..it got there as the product of an energy-releasing action and will require very large amounts of energy to recapture. Powering such a strategy cleanly on top of the already impossible task of replacing the entire world's oil-based energy system in the time we have left isn't going to happen.

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one_bat July 2 2008, 05:12:18 UTC
Thats what scares me.

DO you have any details/links to where the actual figures are available on exactly how much power is required to crack CO2? I'm curious to know exactly how hard it is, but i can't seem to find anything more helpful than "lots"

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ahmes July 3 2008, 04:13:29 UTC
The data itself is not really available to the public; you have to subscribe to academic journals to get at it and I have access from the university. However, you can find data and good explanations of it at the following sites ( ... )

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feybles July 3 2008, 06:12:12 UTC
I hear you. I really do. I don't tend to talk about the topic much, seeing as how many people find the specks of foam in the corners of the mouth more than a little disturbing and all....

i just wish the testicals on those they need to be were a little larger and heavy enough to motivate them to do what they SHOULD.

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