Goodbye Global Warming!...Hello Terraforming? 466
silance writes "Here is an article from Science Daily detailing a new method for extracting carbon dioxide from the atmosphere on a large scale and at normal concentrations. Previous systems require placement near high concentration centers such as power plants, and do not address low-concentration sources (such as internal combustion engines) which are responsible for half of the world's carbon dioxide pollution. The article descibes the technology as scalable to the point of repairing Earth's atmosphere to pre-Industrial-Age levels! Next stop, Mars..." I seem to remember something like this in SimEarth ? - but I'm not going to hold my breath (Ha! I pun!) waiting for this.
The use sounds too good... (Score:4, Funny)
It would make it easier to get funding.
First MULE, now this (Score:5, Funny)
(if you've played Civilization, you know what I mean)
At last! (Score:2, Funny)
Wohoo! I know we would find a way to colonize the deserts. After all, it's about the only piece of land we haven't paved yet.....
The SimEarth Effect (Score:2, Funny)
Mayor Quimby! (Score:2, Funny)
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Here at Los Alamos, we can do both! (Score:3, Funny)
Just covering all our bases, I guess
Re:What about trees? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:In related news... (Score:2, Funny)
Damnit, you have to be careful. We don't want that debate on
Re:What about trees? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:The use sounds too good... (Score:3, Funny)
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Re:Quicklime (Score:3, Funny)
No wait... In the words of the immortal Roseanne Rossanna Danna, "Nevermind".
Re:In related news... (Score:2, Funny)
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