3 ms·
Breakthrough someone getting small amounts of power from carbon in air
by ipaddr 3y ago
Breakthrough someone getting small amounts of power from carbon in air
- sunday_serif 3y agoThis has always been a favorite day dream of mine. I think all of us have some sort of fantasy in which we invent something which changes the world, makes us famous for generations to come, or something like that. I always noodle on something like this. some new technology which makes the carbon in the air an asset to humanity. But, of course, I know nothing about physics, material science, energy, or chemistry… and so it will remain a fantasy for me!
- cinntaile 3y agoBreaking the bonds in CO2 requires energy.
- ladberg 3y agoEh, CO2 is a pretty low energy molecule so doing anything with it usually takes energy input. I'd believe in a ton of other wacky sci-fi ideas turning into reality before that one. That said, I'm hopeful we could use cheap energy (e.g. the sun) to do something useful with carbon in the air, like plants do. See Running Tide as an example, they're trying to sequester carbon in a completely hands-off way using no added energy input other than the sun.