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MIT engineers make converting CO2 into useful products more practical

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173 points rbanffy | 3 comments | 13 Nov 24 15:42 UTC | HN request time: 0.602s | source
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VyseofArcadia ◴[13 Nov 24 16:15 UTC] No.42127346[source]▶
Time scale is also something I want to know about. "Can I remove CO2 from the air and turn it into something valuable in a way that is cost effective?" is one question. Another question is, "Can I remove CO2 from the air and turn it into something valuable faster than a tree?"
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1. Suppafly ◴[13 Nov 24 17:00 UTC] No.42127777[source]▶
They should sell it to people for their car tires with a specially colored valve cap like they do for nitrogen. It'd be stupid, but so is paying extra for a slightly higher nitrogen content and people do that.
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2. jandrese ◴[13 Nov 24 17:08 UTC] No.42127869[source]▶
That sort of application is just spitting into the ocean when you're talking about global CO2 emissions and sequestration.
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3. BenjiWiebe ◴[13 Nov 24 19:10 UTC] No.42128917[source]▶
Plus it all comes out of the tires in the end anyways.