OrionWorks wrote: > Frank's work brings up a wish-list: > > Wouldn't it be nice if there was an economical technology in existence > that had the ability to separate CO2 back into its individual > elements. Release the oxygen back into the atmosphere while > simultaneously nano-manufacturing all sorts of interesting carbon > nonotubes.
But ... the problem is the energy balance. You got a lot of energy out when you let those O atoms glue themselves to the C -- in fact, getting that energy "fix" is probably why you did it. Now, to get them unstuck again, you're going to have to put just as much energy back in. Kind of defeats the purpose, I would think. On the other hand, it could be useful if you're imagining using the C+O2 --> CO2 --> C+O2 cycle as a convenient way of transporting energy from point A to point B, or converting the energy from one form to another. But then again that sort of puts you back where we started, which is looking for some other source of energy. > > Regards > Steven Vincent Johnson > www.OrionWorks.com > www.zazzle.com/orionworks >
