Drawing from the other thread about capturing CO[sub]2[/sub].... Could we use the CO[sub]2[/sub] captured to produce energy? Plants do it, don't they? Why can't we? Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! Solve both problems! Global warming and lack of energy ! Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
Plants get energy from the sun. They just use CO2 as a carbon source for making the organic molecules that they need.
No. Nasor is correct - plants do not "produce" any energy from CO2. All the energy comes directly from the sun and they use the CO2 as a means of using it for growth/reproduction and storing it.
Yep. Grow several different kinds of algae. There are some that are excellent oil producers, some are excellent protein producers (which means food for people, fish, cattle and other animals) and some that would be good just to pack away in abandoned mines - which would hold the captured carbon there forever.
