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Jindujun t1_je25u7b wrote

I mean... Turning CO2 into plastic is a good idea, but the problem is collecting it.

"continously produce a bioplastic from CO2 in the air" is great but when you consider the fact that air contains 0.75g CO2 per cubic meter you'll soon see that the problem with this method is similar to that of carbon capture technology.
Sure, a bacteria might be many times cheaper but you still need to access enormous amounts of air for it to even be useful

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Jantin1 t1_je2mkhr wrote

Yes but how about we install this in each fossil-fuel chimney? It's quite clear now that we're stuck with gas and oil for at least 20 more years, solutions to reduce impact are very much needed.

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Goleroth t1_je4c809 wrote

Some kind of bacteria based CO2 filter for plants?

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Johns-schlong t1_je6nreg wrote

Massive amounts of air... Like outside?

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Jindujun t1_je6tdnk wrote

Ideally yes!

You need massive amounts of air moving through the solution to the CO2 problem and that is the issue.

Same thing with all these "water from air" things that pop up time and time again. Sure air contains both water and CO2, but the concentration at any give point is minimal so you need massive amounts of air moving through the system at all time for there to be any CO2 to scrub from the air which is the problem.

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