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Photosynthesizing Buildings
Further to Andy Kroll's blog post on artificial trees... that report from the UK's Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IOME) argues that without geoengineering it will be impossible to avoid dangerous climate change. The report includes a 100-year roadmap to decarbonize the global economy and suggests implementing three geoengineering projects based on low-carbon technologies:
- Algae-coated buildings: The engineers envision attaching transparent containers filled with strips of algae to the outside of buildings and since algae naturally absorb CO2 in the course of photosynthesis, the strips could be harvested periodically from the surfaces and used as biofuels.
- Reflective buildings: The report suggests reducing the amount of solar radiation absorbed by the earth’s climate and, hopefully, cooling the planet. This could be achieved simply and quickly by making building surfaces more reflective. Some of us have've written here about the potential for cooling in white roofs and better highways.
- Artificial trees: Engineers say a forest of 100,000 artificial trees could be deployed within 10 to 20 years to help soak up the world's carbon emissions. The BBC reports that a prototype is already in the works. Blythe Copeland blogs about a cool design coming out of Columbia U. The IOME report suggests the artificial tree technology be developed in conjunction with carbon storage infrastructure. Well, that's the tricky part.
The IOME report forecasts 1 to 2 million new green jobs in the UK by 2050 based on these three initiatives alone. So many good ideas. So few implemented. Let's change that.
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Climate Change Hobbles Forward
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Should Obama Try to Reset the Planet's Thermostat?
Plus more radical climate change solutions on the quickly warming table.
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Can't Afford Solar? Paint It White
Your roof, that is. A new study calculates that installing white roofs in the world's cities could offset 1.5 years of manmade carbon emissions, reports AAAS. Light-colored roofs cool the planet in two ways. They reflect radiation back into space. And they keep your house cooler so you use less air conditioning. Researchers from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the state of California...
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CO2 Eating Trees to the Rescue!
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Can Biology Clean Up Sewage and Oil Spills?
From mushrooms to hair mats, quirky cleanups for man-made messes.
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Trees Offset Carbon Footprint, But Which Trees?
Trees trap and absorb carbon dioxide as they grow. That's how they help remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, mitigating or reducing global warming. But a new study from the Carnegie Institution and the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory suggests the effectiveness of this strategy depends heavily on where these trees are planted. Because tropical forests store large amounts of carbon and produce reflective clouds,...
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Can Paving America be Eco-Friendly?
Given that Obama's economic stimulus package is likely to include billions of dollars in road projects, how will he counteract the environmental toll? One idea, supported by the steel industry, is to funnel more of that money into rail, such as the $45-billion high-speed train between Los Angeles and San Francisco that was approved by the state's voters in November. Another idea is to...
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Carbon Storage Models Get Realer
Two new modeling studies are tackling simulations of long-term CO2 storage. The first examines leakage of stored CO2 from abandoned oil wells. The second attempts to simulate the big picture, starting with capture and leading to injection and storage, evaluating costs and risks of potential sites. Both papers are published online at Environmental Science & Technology. Both simulate projects that aim to capture...
Cooling the planet
The engineers envision to build Reflective buildings & Algae coated buildings will help the the cool our planet.
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Obviously the posts that just repeat parts of the article with nothing to say are spam. Why can't we flag them as such?
Photosynthesizing Buildings
The artificial tree technology be developed in conjunction with carbon storage infrastructure. Algae naturally absorb CO2 in the course of photosynthesis. The amount of solar radiation can absorbed by reflective buildings which help cooling the planet.
Green Buildings, UV and Water
The technology for tailored artificial lighting systems is already developed for photobioreactors to produce toxin free algae. Companies already have it and it does not need to be illegally duplicated through University laboratories. These labs are managed by big business who are ignoring solutions already in place by small businesses.
There is not enough inner city water to supply buildings covered with algae which will produce toxins and ruin centrifuges that are noisy, expensive and power consumptive.
The better way is absorbant materials of the suns rays which convert solar radiation to power such as solar panels and 3D solar. Reflection builds up heat because all metals are conducing of heat and do not reflect UV rays. They also blind pilots and birds while contributing to deflection back into the stratosphere of energy, causing weather.
Green air plants might work on the sides of buildings for cooling, which use less moisture and do not require much in the way of nutrients. Sections of building interiors for verticle farming can be set aside to take care of CO2 emissions with tailored flat lamps, such as those owned by Femtobeam LLC. We have been in this technology since the mid 90's.
Still, in any scenario, what is done with UV light, difficult to convert to energy in any usable form? It might be better to cover the walls with water so UV can kill bacteria, heat the water and recycle it through the building for other uses. Plastics are a polutant and yet another scam by the petrochemical industry. Bioplastics are the future now.
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