Geo-Scaled Photosynthesis Driven Scrubbers
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Geo Scaled Synthetic Photosynthesis
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Can we make a more efficient scrubber before these types of
scrubbers come online?
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Can chloroplasts and the electron transport chain of high
functioning bio-mass such as giant sequoias be manipulated through genetic enhancement?
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Corn and soybeans have undergone successful genetic enhancement why
not chloroplasts and electron transport chains?
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Can we clone high functioning bio-mass, and utilize it's genetic
propensity to perform continuous photosynthesis?
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Can we bridge the gap between organic and
inorganic photosynthesis ?
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Can this bridge be integrated into the national energy infrastructure while at the same time scrubbing
CO2 from the atmosphere?
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Comparison I
Proposed Carbon Scrubber:Estimated Removal to Remission Ratio:
1000kg carbon units removed to 200kg re-emitted = 800kg total carbon units removed per cycle
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Comparison II
Genetically Enhanced Photosynthesis Based Scrubber:
Estimated Removal to Remission Ratio:
<=1000kg carbon units removed to 0kg re-emitted due to the ability to produce self sustaining
energy.=1000kg carbon units removed per cycle
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Types of Advanced Scrubbers
My Proposal Type I
-Fully Synthetic Filament Material
-Photosynthesis Operations-CO2 Scrubber
My Proposal Type II
-Organic/Synthetic Combination Filament Material-Genetically Enhanced-Photosynthesis Operations -CO2 Scrubber
Note: Need for autonomous regeneration of organic material for continued operation.
This need might be addressed by replicating bio-nanotechnology
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The Basic Idea
Can we extract the photosynthesis process of high functioning bio-mass, genetically enhance it, and then integrate it into proposed chemical CO2 scrubbers?
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Energy Production
The energy released by the splitting of water molecules, the creation of hydrogen ions, and carbohydrates should be enough to at least power individual scrubbers.
As a global society we are hard pressed to split water molecules for the time being which makes this endeavor quite complicated...
There also lies the potential to exploit the energy levels created by photosynthesis which lie in the terawatt range.
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Energy Production
Synthetic trees have already been proposed;
http://susty.com/carbon-extracting-trees-synthetic-natural-co2-sequestration-capture-synthetic-biological/
My idea is to combine the energy production of photosynthesis for use on the grid and the scrubbing of CO2 at the same time
I believe this is a win-win proposal when proposed in the context of the Obama administration's green jobs push, the Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the blatant need for a more robust U.S. energy infrastructure, and the dire consequences of global warming.
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Take a Poll on this Technology Proposal
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Rough Draft References
http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/06/22/synthetic.tree.climate.change.ccs/http://www.openwood.com/images/pdfs/redwood.pdfhttp://on-line-seminars.com/index.php?p=1_3_A-Tree-s-Genetic-Code-http://pubs.acs.org/cen/science/87/8715sci1a.htmlhttp://www.nature.com/nnano/journal/vaop/ncurrent/abs/nnano.2009.315.html http://susty.com/carbon-extracting-trees-synthetic-natural-co2-sequestration-capture-synthetic-
biological/http://www.brighthub.com/environment/renewable-energy/articles/10225.aspxhttp://www.fas.org/irp/agency/dod/jason/micro.pdfhttp://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/27/science/27redw.htmlhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hj_WKgnL6MIhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fghFaDlgc-Ehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_dioxide_scrubberhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molecular_nanotechnologyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photosynthesishttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloning