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@pschwede Glad to hear!
Well plenty of technology ideas out there. But considering plants already do this perhaps our best bet is to plant more of those.
I mean sure we could build a device that pulls CO2 out of the air,and hook up some solar panels to power it and distribute them around the planet. But I think trees might be cheaper :)
If we really want a non-bio tech solution the best I can think of is using zeolite under pressure to selectively remove the CO2. But i still doubt it would be more efficient than a tree.
I wouldn't bet on plants - as beatiful, wonderful, versatile and multi purposeful as they are - being more efficient at removing CO2 from the atmosphere than technical solutions.
I've come across at least one scientific publication that stated that photosynthesis is rather inefficient at capturing the energy of sun light and converting it into chemical compound, compared to apparatuses.
Just to add another piece of context to this.
Plants might not be effective/efficient enough to pull enough CO2 in their current natural genetic setup ... but as this awesome talk suggests, plants could maybe be modified to be _the_ essential factor that will save us all:
https://www.ted.com/talks/joanne_chory_how_supercharged_plants_could_slow_climate_change
#climateChange #JoanneChory #plants #CO2