On 26 February 2014 12:05, meekerdb <meeke...@verizon.net> wrote: > On 2/25/2014 2:52 PM, LizR wrote: > > On 26 February 2014 11:18, meekerdb <meeke...@verizon.net> wrote: > >> On 2/25/2014 1:23 PM, LizR wrote: >> >>> The great thing about using an energy grid is you can plug in new >>> components (i.e. different types of generators - nuclear etc) and >>> everything continues to work the same way downstream. >>> >>> This is why I'm keen on the idea of extracting CO2 from the air and >>> making petrol, if possible. No change is required to the energy >>> infrastructure, as there would be with say hydrogen or electric cars, but >>> it's carbon neutral. We'd get a closed cycle in which the atmosphere was >>> just a temporary reservoir for the materials needed to make the fuel. >>> Presumably we'd eventually be able to extract CO2 at a rate that even >>> reduced the amount of GHGs in the air. >>> >> >> That's essentially what the research on hydrocarbon producing algae and >> bacteris is trying to do. >> >> Well, that's good. I wonder if there is any more efficient way of > doing it (or do we have to wait for nanomachines which can grab passing > molecules and stick them together?) > > Dunno, but nano-machines are what algae and bacteria are - and self > manufacturing to boot. So I'd try for some genetic engineering to improve > their efficiency, rather than trying to make nanobots from scratch. >
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