A wierd thought about global warming?? is it even a possibility to try and invent a machine that captures the CO2 in your exhaust and convert it into a block of solid carbon? And then you could use the carbon for stuff!

i have no idea if this is even possible, but wouldnt that be a good solution?

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6 months ago

i already knew about the whole tree and plant thing, but its not like they are taking ALL of the CO2 out of the air

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That%26#039;s a pretty good idea. You should do a little experimenting to see if you can figure out the logistics of it. If you can make something that will do that on a small scale, I%26#039;m sure some company will buy the idea from you.

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yes, thank you. unfortunatley i would have no idea how to build something like that, so guess what!? I officially give you permission to steal my idea if you really want to haha. thanks for the answer

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• Stick a potato in your exhaust... It%26#039;s an old secret... It works trust me.
• i think it would be a great idea. not just with carbon but try inventing it to break the atoms into carbon and oxygen. i%26#039;m not sure how you would break it down but i know that most plastic are made out of carbon.
• Great! but its too hard to build...plus it may cost alot....
• Sure--and someone already did--God.
  
  Its called a tree-and the %26quot;block of solid carbon%26quot; is wood.
  
  I%26#039;m not making fun of you--the point I%26#039;m making is that you are exactly right--we can get the CO2 out of the air--or a lot of it, anyway. Just plant trees. And wood is VERY useful! But there%26#039;s no sense spending money on research and development when wha twe want is already available!
  
  But--a caution: this will not work if we don%26#039;t quit adding CO2 to the atmosphere. That means the fossil fuels have GOT to go. The good news is tha twe an do it. ut that%26#039;s where theresearch money and effort need to go.
• Sure, plant a tree in your exhaust. Trees and all green plants convert CO2 into carbon. It is called the cycle of life.

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  czechos
  
  great idea, but there%26#039;s already similar machines.tree%26#039;s take the co2 and convert it directly into oxygen for us. also carbon dioxide isn%26#039;t the only culprit in global warming, there%26#039;s carbon monoxide, bioxides and alot of other oxides.
  
  not to mention natural polutents like Natural gas (or Methane along with other thanes) for example, is completely a natural contributer to global warming and is derived pretty much the same way as oil. ie. Matter (animal, plant etc) decomposes over time resulting in a anaerobic (hope I spelled that right) decay of non-fossil organic material / gas (natural gas or methane).
  
  One problem with global warming is that the concept is so vague in the minds of the people. The critical interpretation is basically how it’s explained in school and the news. However most of the public see global warming connected with the ozone and pollutants which cause harmful greenhouse gasses, etc. therefore investigating and fighting for things like alternative energy (ie. Solar, wind, hydrogen, ethanol, biodiesel, etc)
  
  Greenhouse gases are real and do contribute to global warming. Think of the different gas layers like ozone (o3) that circumference the globe as the clear plastic on a greenhouse. Longer rays of light from the Sun go in and reflect off different thermal masses bouncing back and creating shorter lengths of energy that cannot exist the plastic barrier. These beams then just continue to bounce around inside the green house until they’re finally absorbed completely (some do escape but very few), thereby warming the greenhouse greatly even in cold temperatures.
  
  Basically there are 2 ways that this reaction (or lack of) affects the planet. Global warming and global cooling.
  
  1. as we add to the gases in the stratosphere, where the ozone layer is (Carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, etc), we add to the plastic of the greenhouse, trapping more short wave length energy and heating the earth more.
  2. as we deplete the ozone (with chlorofluorocarbons or CFCs), we allow more long wave length energy, which bounces back out to space without heating any thermal masses on earth, thereby cooling the planet.
  
  It’s pretty easy to see the results..
  
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  Floods %26amp; droughts
  Great hurricanes %26amp; cyclones
  Seasonal extremes
  Seasonal phenomena’s
  Species extinction
  New %26amp; resurgent diseases
  
  There are many ways to stop both global warming and cooling from accruing or at least slow them down until we can discover a way to reverse it, but Stop burning fossil fuels is the biggest.
  
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