First Successful Demonstration of CO2 Capture Achieved.

[Right Lane Cruiser]

Extensive deployment of the GRT air capture system makes it possible to envision an actual reduction of CO2 levels in the atmosphere, perhaps even to pre-industrial levels.

Clare Oh - Earth Institute - April 24, 2007

Global Research Technologies, LLC (GRT), a technology research and development company, and Klaus Lackner from Columbia University have achieved the successful demonstration of a bold new technology to capture carbon from the air. The "air extraction" prototype has successfully demonstrated that indeed carbon dioxide (CO2) can be captured from the atmosphere. This is GRT’s first step toward a commercially viable air capture device.

This technology debuts at a critical juncture where recent findings of an esteemed array of global experts - including former Vice President Al Gore, Sir Nicholas Stern, and the eminent scientists and practitioners serving on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change — have concluded that man-made climate change is indeed upon us. One of the most critical challenges we face is the dramatically increasing and completely unprecedented level of carbon dioxide in the earth’s atmosphere. The air extraction device is one critical solution to help the world reduce dangerous amounts of CO2 in the air.

The carbon capture technology was developed by GRT and Klaus S. Lackner, a professor at Columbia University’s Earth Institute and the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. The Tucson-based technology company began development of the device in 2004 and has recently successfully demonstrated its efficacy. The air extraction device, in which sorbents capture carbon dioxide molecules from free-flowing air and release those molecules as a pure stream of carbon dioxide for sequestration, has met a wide range of performance standards in the GRT research facility.

"This is an exciting step toward making carbon capture and sequestration a viable technology," said Lackner. "I have long believed science and industry have the technological capability to design systems that will capture greenhouse gases and allow us to transition to energies of the future over the long term." … [Read More]

[Chuck]

If a means could be found to convert CO2 to something relatively harmless, that could be the silver bullet to control climate change.

[xcel]

Hi Sean:

___Great find and your News item made the Home Page

___Good Luck

___Wayne

[Pravus Prime]

I saw that on ABC news last week, it looks a bit like a fly swatter on his large scale plans.

Pretty darn cool.

[Alexstarfire]

Well, from the sound of it it's going to be like the new zero-emission coal power plants, where they just store the CO2 underground. To be honest that's just stupid. What would happen if one of those underground containers breaks and lets all that CO2 back into the air. At best it would inconvenient, but at worst it could destroy our environment nearly overnight depending on the size of the container. Wouldn't it be best if we just packed all the CO2 we could into a rocket and launch it into space. Hell we could even use that elevator to space to transport it, if that ever gets off the ground, pun intended.

[BailOut]

Wouldn't the first can of a carbonated soft drink be the "First Successful Demonstration of CO2 Capture"?

[Chuck]

Originally Posted by BailOut

Wouldn't the first can of a carbonated soft drink be the "First Successful Demonstration of CO2 Capture"?

But that gets loose as belching or flautance.

Maybe thats it - Diet Coke causes GW!

[Alexstarfire]

Not if you don't open it.