Comments for Windturbines for Carbon Sequestration at http://www.ecogeek.org , comment 1 to 9 out of 9 comments http://www.ecogeek.org Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:28:42 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.ecogeek.org/wind-power/485#comment-8182 How much the technology would cost, however, is not yet clear. Broecker says the largest cost associated with air-capture would arise from releasing the carbon dioxide from the capture material used and recycling any chemicals employed. - Canal boat holiday Mon, 17 Dec 2007 07:42:08 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/wind-power/485#comment-6855 Would these carbon turbines make up for the greenhouse gas effect and in time 'heal' the earth's climate and the ozone layer? Carlos [url=http://www.d1meba.org/ ]Meba[/url] - Carlos Mon, 05 Nov 2007 16:23:41 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/wind-power/485#comment-6825 Yes, it is a wonderful idea but I don't think that those devices will manage to extract the CO2 from the atmosphere in a considerable way. I don't think that it will be even noticed by the rest of us. But this is just an opinion.I can't wait to see the first results. If it proves that I was wrong then I appologise for not having trusted them. ;D - Beneficial Association Mon, 05 Nov 2007 04:06:29 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/wind-power/485#comment-5259 This would be a great way to increase the amount of wind on the grid, because you would never have too much power. :) - physical access control Wed, 19 Sep 2007 07:11:49 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/wind-power/485#comment-3608 I think there's better ways of using this carbon. Profitable ways! And without changing or charging anything or anyone. - ITPiMP Mon, 16 Jul 2007 10:52:02 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/wind-power/485#comment-1761 Navy Submarines use CO2 scrubbers and they work very well. In this case I would have to ask what the physical substrate could be used for after it would absorb no more CO2. Maybe the soda companies could extract it to carbonate their products? - Mike Tue, 20 Mar 2007 21:42:28 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/wind-power/485#comment-1739 I'm just not sure how we can beat trees at carbon sequestration. - Phil Sun, 18 Mar 2007 08:19:07 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/wind-power/485#comment-1738 Wind power is cheap, but it has a problem with intermittency. But getting carbon out of the atmosphere is not something that is time-sensitive (except on the scale of years), so cheap wind energy is a great way to poer any process for scrubbing carbon. If you were also to hook the wind turbine to the grid, you could draw the power when the wind was blowing while it was needed, but use the wind to sequester carbon when you had sufficient electricity from other sources. This would be a great way to increase the amount of wind on the grid, because you would never have too much power. (as actually happend in Europe a month ago... there was so much wind that electricity was free on wholesale market.. they shut all the coal plants down because they were not needed. This will happen a lot more often as wind penetration increases.) - Tom Konrad Sun, 18 Mar 2007 06:24:12 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/wind-power/485#comment-1737 Apparently the windmills compress the CO2, extract the oxygen atoms and discharge the carbon as pencils. ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D - rob Sun, 18 Mar 2007 02:45:09 +0100