is there a filter you can put on your chimney to take out CO2 emissions? im tryin to cut my imissions.?

Answer 1

Unfortunately there is no device that can do that at a reasonable cost.

Answer 2

No there isn't.

As Michael R says, you could remove it from your own chimney, but that would make even more CO2 elsewhere.

He is however wrong that nuclear power produces no CO2 -- in fact it produces a very significant amount, perhaps as much as or more than some fossil fuel. This is because fossil fuel is used in very large quantities throughout the nuclear process -- for building the plant, mining, processing and reprocessing the fuel, transporting materials, decommissioning the plant and dealing with the waste. It's only the power generation itself which is carbon-neutral, and this does not anywere near outweigh the carbon costs elsewhere. All that is without considering the impossibility of guaranteeing the safety of waste dumps over hundreds of years, and all the other radioactive issues. Oh, and the enormous cost... There are advantages of course -- you can maintain a nuclear industry, and produce the materials for weapons of mass destruction (which you could never use, even if you knew which way to point them). You can also train plenty of nuclear scientists to run it all, and of course not one single one of those will ever go and work in any untrustworthy country nor become a terrorist.

Coming back to your chimney... The main thing is to use less fuel overall, by having the most efficient burner you can, and using it sparingly. If you can use renewable fuel, better still -- you'll be putting CO2 up the chimney, but other CO2 will be caught by the growing plants as they create your future fuel.

It is important to think about the source of the fuel though. For example, if it is timber from woodland which has been cleared but not replanted, then this is not renewable -- the woodland was a carbon sink which has been released into the air just like a coal seam or oil reservoir.

Answer 3

Not on the market, as far as I know. That kind of technology is under development--but is probably years away from being practical.

However, if your fireplace uses wood, here's an idea. That's actually a renewable enrgy source. Get in touch with a local conservation group and find out how you can help get more trees planted. If you use x amount of wood, and plant enough trees to grow that much in a reasonable time, the net emissions would be zero.

Answer 4

Yes there is. You can pas the gas through a bed of Calcium Oxide which will be converted to Calcium Carbonate. However, the energy needed to produce the Calcium Oxide will result in the release of Carbon Dioxide elsewhere unless that energy comes from clean nuclear fuel. (That is a serious statement. I am not being sarcastic.)

Answer 5

i'd browsed over time magazine april 2007 issue and there's an article there that state there is something developing, sorry haven't read the whole yet, but it goes for CSS or carbon storage sytem like that, better check that out yourself, hope that helped.

Answer 6

Of course!

It's called the Carbotron 2000. It takes CO2 from flue exhaust and converts it to hydrogen which can fuel your Prius.

I developed it in my garage.

Just a second, I hear a knock on the door.

Oh ****, it's BIG OIL.

They've offered me five thousand dollars for the patent.

Whoa!! FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS!!!!

I'll TAKE IT!!!


I have five thousand dollars!
I have five thousand dollars!
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Answer 7

probly not

dry the wood a little and it will burn cleaner