why dont we invent huge carbon dioxide filter/collectors and place them all over the earth?

Answer 1

Well not only terrestrial plants do this but all the ocean's algea. So in a sense there are already huge carbon dioxide filters and collectors. There was a paper suggesting that we feed oceanic algae soluble iron, which is a limiting nutrient in the ocean, to stimulate more algae growth to suck in more carbon dioxide. It would probably have some very unfortunate consequences to do that though.

Answer 2

Here is something to think about don't believe me check this stuff out...

1.Water(H2O) is the only element known to man to expand when it freezes every other element contracts when it freezes so that is the first fact. For example fill a milk jugg with water, now stick it in the freezer... come back later and it will have exploded from preassure of freezing water.

2.Icebergs are massive chunks of ice, only a few percent of the ice is above water, which means the rest of the ice is underwater.

3.The ice underwater because water expands when it freezes is displacing the liquid water. So when that iceberg melts all the ice under the water will contract and fill a smaller space, so the level of the water will be less now because the ice which was displacing the liquid water is unfrozen and now occupies a less amount of space.

4.Scientific models show that if all the ice on this planet melted we would see a 3" DROP in ocean levels NOT a rise but a DROP.

Now isn't that interesting.

Now for the greenhouse gasses.

1.Plants LOVE a carbon dioxide rich air supply.

2.The more carbon dioxide their is the faster they grow.

3.Plants use photosynthesis to get their food so they can grow.

4.When the plants sense a higher level of carbon dioxide they will make up for it by sucking up more and more and one of the products of photosynthesis is OXYGEN!!

5.So no matter how much CARBON DIOXIDE there is the plants will COMPENSATE and suck up more and grow faster and bigger. and the bigger the plant is the more OXYGEN it produces through photosynthesis

Answer 3

Like a refinery? there are many companies that do bottle both liquid and solid (dry ice) co2. Been doing it for a century, the first rfridgerators "ran" on dry ice, then went to liquid co2, tried methane for a while( that was a real blast), then progresssed to the stuff we now use.. The liquid co2 was the best, but was not as profitable.. dry ice is still used in medicine and by big meat and produce coolers.. Recently some fool began a project to inject into huge caverns in the earth,,, which will kill the earth if he keeps it up.. co2 is poison to all animal life when concentrated, even worms.

Answer 4

How would you collect the Co2?

Once collected how would you store it?


If there was a fire or a "spill" or some other accident it would all leak back into the environment. Besides, if you sucked out too much, plant life, and even animal life would be impacted.

Answer 5

well, first off, it would cost too much money. Secondly, something has to filter the CO2, and that something would need to be replaced every so often, just like replacing the filter in your home heating system.

Answer 6

We use lithium hydroxide and calcium hydroxide to filter CO2 during deep sea diving... the only problem is that this produces a toxic substance that is really nasty when it gets wet.

Answer 7

Because plants carry out photosynthesis and a huge thing would produce lots of other wastes...not a good idea.

Answer 8

Stop cutting the rainforest and voila! The rainforest are considered the lungs of the earth.

Answer 9

Because plants need CO2 to survive. And we need O2 generating plants to survive.

Answer 10

Cause if we do, we will end up looking like Michael Jackson or someone.