Yes, of course there is a physical limit. But I’m not sure we’ve leveraged all that’s possible yet. And currently the scale of inefficiency - also from a financial perspective - is quite significant. Especially when comparing to other methods like planting trees.
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icelimit@lemmy.ml 3 months agoIt was always going to be inefficient trying to capture something that’s 400ppm.
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Inucune@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Currently running an algae farm. First step is water, which holds 8x the gasous CO2 as the air it is exposed to.
icelimit@lemmy.ml 3 months ago
Algae make our oxygen. Biomimicry is the way to go
Justas@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
Genetically modifying algae to be more efficient at photosynthesis would be the way to go. However, I think it was attempted many times in the last 30 years and I have not seen any breakthroughs.
icelimit@lemmy.ml 3 months ago
I think there could be physical solutions to maximising co2 absorption. Like a sort of vertical farming scenario - put up massive algae farms where alot of air naturally moves through.