The deminishing of the worlds rainforest is contributing to global warming, and it is becoming increasingly obvious that the world will not stop it's output of greenhouse gasses quickly enough to make the difference that is needed. As many of us know, photosynthesis takes CO2 out of the atmosphere, and creates oxygen in return. It also creates energy during this process. If scientists can find a way to artificially re-produce the process of photosynthesis on a very large scale, then it may be possible to "scrub" the atmosphere of excess CO2. If these CO2 "scrubbing" machines could be produced, would it also be possible to power these machines from the energy created during the process? If these machines became succesful, it could also be a possible solution to generating oxygen for long distance space flights by converting the CO2 that is expelled by humans.
2007-02-09 08:52:42 · 3 answers · asked by Jon F 1 in Environment
Man cannot artificially reproduce photosynthesis in a lab because if we could we would be saying man is like gods. People will have the ability to artificially make photosynthesis happen in a synthetic, man-made plant at the time point in time in our technological advancement when we can create an artificial human being, like Data on Star Trek: TNG.
2007-02-10 18:27:23 · answer #1 · answered by Professor Armitage 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course. Not today, but it's just a simple chemical process. Given continued advances in science, we'll get it.
2007-02-09 08:57:19 · answer #2 · answered by Lew 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They're already made... no body wants to pay for them on a large scale...
2007-02-09 08:58:33 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋