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Yes but as it does not come from fossil fuel, its impact on the total amount of carbon dioxide currently in the surface is neutral. It’s not a panacea but it’s
by WastingMyTime89 3y ago
Yes but as it does not come from fossil fuel, its impact on the total amount of carbon dioxide currently in the surface is neutral. It’s not a panacea but it’s better than using extracted gas and is a way to bridge the gap between the current situation and one where we have enough clean energy.
- anonymouskimmer 3y agoTo whoever downvoted the parent comment (yes, I see that the comment doesn't address the article): When it comes to organic waste it's basically always going to convert to carbon gases, unless you're burying it in a peat bog or something of that nature. At least here the conversion is in a controlled manner that theoretically allows capture, as well as being conversion into carbon dioxide instead of carbon monoxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and various other gases that have sundry externalities, including greenhouse effects. Additionally, those microbes can often be used directly as chemical factories (or at least a bunch of scientists are working on this, with some production plants already in use). So the waste isn't being converted to carbon dioxide, it's being converted to inputs directly used for manufacturing. While this particular product isn't doing this, it might be adaptable for the purposes at some point.