Using CO2 to Produce Energy

[TruthSeeker]

Drawing from the other thread about capturing CO2....

Could we use the CO2 captured to produce energy? Plants do it, don't they? Why can't we? ;)

Solve both problems! Global warming and lack of energy ! ;)

[Nasor]

Plants get energy from the sun. They just use CO2 as a carbon source for making the organic molecules that they need.

[Read-Only]

Drawing from the other thread about capturing CO2....

Could we use the CO2 captured to produce energy? Plants do it, don't they? Why can't we? ;)

Solve both problems! Global warming and lack of energy ! ;)

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.

[TruthSeeker]

Oh... vooops...

Well, is there any way we could put some good use to all the CO2?!?!?

[Read-Only]

Oh... vooops...

Well, is there any way we could put some good use to all the CO2?!?!?

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.

[TruthSeeker]

There ya go. :)