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To put a number on it, you exhale ~2.3lb of CO2 a day. You should also consider that much of a plants mass is water, so it would require a significant amount o
by nip180 6y ago
To put a number on it, you exhale ~2.3lb of CO2 a day. You should also consider that much of a plants mass is water, so it would require a significant amount of plant matter to scrub the air.
I once did the math, and found that an algae tank can theoretically offset a person’s entire CO2 emissions but that it would require a large external tank and I was living in an apartment at the time.
- scruple 6y agoThere have been studies on indoor plants and air quality. The most well-known of which, I believe, was the NASA Clean Air Study [0]. The study suggested 1 plant per 100 sq. ft. but a space station obviously isn't the same thing as a dwelling. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASA_Clean_Air_Study https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASA_Clean_Air_Study
- ActionPlankton 6y agoOnce you have the carbon in biomass, what do you do with it? Dry it out and heat it enough to make biochar?
- nip180 6y agoVery good question. I had two avenues in mind, fungus and compost.