Comments on: One Company's Way of Fighting Global Warming: Transforming CO2 Into Useful Products http://cleantechnica.com/2008/08/26/one-companys-way-of-fighting-global-warming-transform-co2-into-useful-products/ Clean Tech News & Views: Solar Energy News. Wind Energy News. EV News. & More. Fri, 25 May 2012 18:13:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: UN’s Top Climate Scientist Urges People to Combat Climate Change by Eating Less Meat : Red, Green, and Blue http://cleantechnica.com/2008/08/26/one-companys-way-of-fighting-global-warming-transform-co2-into-useful-products/#comment-2798 UN’s Top Climate Scientist Urges People to Combat Climate Change by Eating Less Meat : Red, Green, and Blue Tue, 09 Sep 2008 07:57:53 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=958#comment-2798 [...] One possibility to is genetically engineer cattle that produce less methane. The biggest source of carbon dioxide emissions from meat production, however, is land clearance, which will likely continue as long as [...] [...] One possibility to is genetically engineer cattle that produce less methane. The biggest source of carbon dioxide emissions from meat production, however, is land clearance, which will likely continue as long as [...]

]]> By: Jason http://cleantechnica.com/2008/08/26/one-companys-way-of-fighting-global-warming-transform-co2-into-useful-products/#comment-2797 Jason Wed, 27 Aug 2008 19:48:33 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=958#comment-2797 If you want good link(s) to background stories on LS9, here's the write-ups I did on it. http://www.dailytech.com/Startup+Uses+Bacteria+to+Make+Synthetic+Gas+Could+Knock+Off+Ethanol/article12108.htm http://www.dailytech.com/Startup+Has+E+Coli+Pooping+Black+Gold/article12649.htm As far as I know, the bacteria use primarily organic waste, not CO2, so this tech is different. I believe it does use CO2 to boost production, but this is more of a secondary thing. Personally I always found sequestration to be a bit of a questionable proposition, but this seems like a great idea. The best part is the economics make it hard to argue against on the grounds that you don't believe in anthropogenic warming. Good find!! -Jason @ DailyTech If you want good link(s) to background stories on LS9, here’s the write-ups I did on it.

http://www.dailytech.com/Startup+Uses+Bacteria+to+Make+Synthetic+Gas+Could+Knock+Off+Ethanol/article12108.htm

http://www.dailytech.com/Startup+Has+E+Coli+Pooping+Black+Gold/article12649.htm

As far as I know, the bacteria use primarily organic waste, not CO2, so this tech is different. I believe it does use CO2 to boost production, but this is more of a secondary thing.

Personally I always found sequestration to be a bit of a questionable proposition, but this seems like a great idea. The best part is the economics make it hard to argue against on the grounds that you don’t believe in anthropogenic warming.

Good find!!

-Jason @ DailyTech

]]> By: Jason http://cleantechnica.com/2008/08/26/one-companys-way-of-fighting-global-warming-transform-co2-into-useful-products/#comment-19162 Jason Wed, 27 Aug 2008 19:48:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=958#comment-19162 If you want good link(s) to background stories on LS9, here's the write-ups I did on it. http://www.dailytech.com/Startup+Uses+Bacteria+to+Make+Synthetic+Gas+Could+Knock+Off+Ethanol/article12108.htm http://www.dailytech.com/Startup+Has+E+Coli+Pooping+Black+Gold/article12649.htm As far as I know, the bacteria use primarily organic waste, not CO2, so this tech is different. I believe it does use CO2 to boost production, but this is more of a secondary thing. Personally I always found sequestration to be a bit of a questionable proposition, but this seems like a great idea. The best part is the economics make it hard to argue against on the grounds that you don't believe in anthropogenic warming. Good find!! -Jason @ DailyTech If you want good link(s) to background stories on LS9, here’s the write-ups I did on it.

http://www.dailytech.com/Startup+Uses+Bacteria+to+Make+Synthetic+Gas+Could+Knock+Off+Ethanol/article12108.htm

http://www.dailytech.com/Startup+Has+E+Coli+Pooping+Black+Gold/article12649.htm

As far as I know, the bacteria use primarily organic waste, not CO2, so this tech is different. I believe it does use CO2 to boost production, but this is more of a secondary thing.

Personally I always found sequestration to be a bit of a questionable proposition, but this seems like a great idea. The best part is the economics make it hard to argue against on the grounds that you don’t believe in anthropogenic warming.

Good find!!

-Jason @ DailyTech

]]> By: Practical Archivist http://cleantechnica.com/2008/08/26/one-companys-way-of-fighting-global-warming-transform-co2-into-useful-products/#comment-2796 Practical Archivist Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:31:09 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=958#comment-2796 I see a potential win-win here...calcium carbonate is used to make paper alkaline (as opposed to acidic) which makes paper last 500 years. But I also agree w/billso that we need to reduce emissions overall. I see a potential win-win here…calcium carbonate is used to make paper alkaline (as opposed to acidic) which makes paper last 500 years.

But I also agree w/billso that we need to reduce emissions overall.

]]> By: Practical Archivist http://cleantechnica.com/2008/08/26/one-companys-way-of-fighting-global-warming-transform-co2-into-useful-products/#comment-19161 Practical Archivist Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:31:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=958#comment-19161 I see a potential win-win here...calcium carbonate is used to make paper alkaline (as opposed to acidic) which makes paper last 500 years. But I also agree w/billso that we need to reduce emissions overall. I see a potential win-win here…calcium carbonate is used to make paper alkaline (as opposed to acidic) which makes paper last 500 years.

But I also agree w/billso that we need to reduce emissions overall.

]]> By: Brad Arnold http://cleantechnica.com/2008/08/26/one-companys-way-of-fighting-global-warming-transform-co2-into-useful-products/#comment-19160 Brad Arnold Wed, 27 Aug 2008 11:04:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=958#comment-19160 The biotech company LS9 Inc. is using single-celled bacteria to create an oil equivalent from CO2 ("Lab makes renewable diesel fuel from E. coli poop," CNN, 13 August 2008). Also, a Canadian company says that it has developed a way for makers of precast concrete products to take all the carbon-dioxide emissions from their factories, as well as neighboring industrial facilities, and store them in the products that they produce by exposing those products to carbon-dioxide-rich flue gases during the curing process ("A Concrete Fix to Global Warming," ABC News, 24 July 2008). The biotech company LS9 Inc. is using single-celled bacteria to create an oil equivalent from CO2 (“Lab makes renewable diesel fuel from E. coli poop,” CNN, 13 August 2008).

Also, a Canadian company says that it has developed a way for makers of precast concrete products to take all the carbon-dioxide emissions from their factories, as well as neighboring industrial facilities, and store them in the products that they produce by exposing those products to carbon-dioxide-rich flue gases during the curing process (“A Concrete Fix to Global Warming,” ABC News, 24 July 2008).

]]> By: billso http://cleantechnica.com/2008/08/26/one-companys-way-of-fighting-global-warming-transform-co2-into-useful-products/#comment-19159 billso Wed, 27 Aug 2008 06:53:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=958#comment-19159 Carbon fixing is a good idea... but we still need to decrease carbon emissions. Carbon fixing is a good idea… but we still need to decrease carbon emissions.

]]> By: billso http://cleantechnica.com/2008/08/26/one-companys-way-of-fighting-global-warming-transform-co2-into-useful-products/#comment-2794 billso Wed, 27 Aug 2008 06:53:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=958#comment-2794 Carbon fixing is a good idea... but we still need to decrease carbon emissions. Carbon fixing is a good idea… but we still need to decrease carbon emissions.

]]> By: Brad Arnold http://cleantechnica.com/2008/08/26/one-companys-way-of-fighting-global-warming-transform-co2-into-useful-products/#comment-2795 Brad Arnold Wed, 27 Aug 2008 05:04:22 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=958#comment-2795 The biotech company LS9 Inc. is using single-celled bacteria to create an oil equivalent from CO2 ("Lab makes renewable diesel fuel from E. coli poop," CNN, 13 August 2008). Also, a Canadian company says that it has developed a way for makers of precast concrete products to take all the carbon-dioxide emissions from their factories, as well as neighboring industrial facilities, and store them in the products that they produce by exposing those products to carbon-dioxide-rich flue gases during the curing process ("A Concrete Fix to Global Warming," ABC News, 24 July 2008). The biotech company LS9 Inc. is using single-celled bacteria to create an oil equivalent from CO2 (“Lab makes renewable diesel fuel from E. coli poop,” CNN, 13 August 2008).

Also, a Canadian company says that it has developed a way for makers of precast concrete products to take all the carbon-dioxide emissions from their factories, as well as neighboring industrial facilities, and store them in the products that they produce by exposing those products to carbon-dioxide-rich flue gases during the curing process (“A Concrete Fix to Global Warming,” ABC News, 24 July 2008).

]]> By: biganon http://cleantechnica.com/2008/08/26/one-companys-way-of-fighting-global-warming-transform-co2-into-useful-products/#comment-2793 biganon Wed, 27 Aug 2008 01:13:33 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=958#comment-2793 The Co2 is also good for algae/plant growth, which can in turn produce oxygen and food, fuel, and other resources. The Co2 is also good for algae/plant growth, which can in turn produce oxygen and food, fuel, and other resources.

]]> By: biganon http://cleantechnica.com/2008/08/26/one-companys-way-of-fighting-global-warming-transform-co2-into-useful-products/#comment-19158 biganon Wed, 27 Aug 2008 01:13:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=958#comment-19158 The Co2 is also good for algae/plant growth, which can in turn produce oxygen and food, fuel, and other resources. The Co2 is also good for algae/plant growth, which can in turn produce oxygen and food, fuel, and other resources.

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