Being that excess CO2 is the cause of global warming, efforts are being made to reduce CO2 levels. Since CO2 is a non-reactive gas, it's difficult to convert it to another form without expending energy. So the idea is to put it away somewhere, which is called "sequestration". Proposals include liquefaction of CO2 and injecting it below sea floors and depleted oil fields. It has already been an oil industry tactic for decades to inject CO2 into marginal oil fields, forcing the remaining oil out, and leaving the CO2 in place. This technique now has added impetus as a tool for CO2 sequestration, and Japan already has plans to sequester a significant part of their CO2 production into their oil fields. It adds aprproximately 20% to the cost of fossil fuel power plants to capture CO2 emissions, which then can be sequestered, but lawmakers have to pass laws requiring it be done, otherwise power companies are going to refuse to defray the extra cost and suffer competition from those that bypass this step. It's just a political problem, but too many Congressmen still believe it's not necessary.
2007-01-06 09:05:29
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answered by Scythian1950 7
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if you got rid of all the co2 eventually everything on earth would die because plants need co2 to photosynthesize which in turn produces oxygen for most other living things to breathe and also co2 is a greenhouse gas that keeps the earth warm at night and during the winter so without it things would be a little colder because co2 doesnt contribute to a whole heck of a lot to all the greenhouse gases in the air but we still need it, i agree we need to stop the use of products that put too much co2 in the air but we still need it or we would all DIE
2007-01-06 17:04:42
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answered by jrdragracer 2
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Plants convert carbon dioxide to oxygen as part of photosynthesis. So plant a tree!
2007-01-06 16:41:34
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answered by Ethan 2
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Depends on what scale you are working in. In smaller contained systems you draw the air thru granular hydroxide (NaOH, KOH) or bubble it thru solutions of the same. In a room, particularly a closed one, a lot of green plants reduce CO2 by photosynthesis (it is incorporate into sugar). World wide the oceans and vegetation normally keep it within limits. Right now humans are removing veretation and adding CO2 emissions so we have helped upset the balance.
2007-01-06 17:37:44
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answered by m_canoy2002 2
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If there is too much CO2 in the house, you need to open the doors and windows and air out. The plants outside will take in the CO2 and make O2.
2007-01-06 16:53:43
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answered by science teacher 7
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Planting trees.
2007-01-06 18:13:19
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answered by Anonymous
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What for?
All plants would die.
No more oxygen.
2007-01-06 16:44:33
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answered by PragmaticAlien 5
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