[Terrapreta] Catching Carbon

[Kevin Chisholm]

Dear Lou

lou gold wrote:
>
> I know that scrubbing the CO2 out of coal burning is an extremely 
> controversial idea. I'm not a supporter but I found this article very 
> interesting:
>
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/may/24/carbonemissions.climatechange1
>
> It triggered a question: if such a technology were to become feasible,
> might it be possible somehow to convert the scrubbed CO2 to char for 
> soil rather than deep-burying it in the ground?

Yes, this can be done. It just takes energy to do it. A lot of energy.

The cute way to do it is to plant stuff, and when it grows, using free 
solar energy, you then char it.

Kevin
>
> I would prefer to stay away from the valid ethical question of using 
> ANY more fossil fuels unless one is prepared to offer a realistic 
> alternative fuel resource for economic development in China and India.
>
> thanks,  lou
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