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Creating artificial trees is the best way to combat the greenhouse effect
Last reviewed: 23.04.2024
According to the Association of British Engineers, the creation of artificial forests is the best way to combat the greenhouse effect, reports Helena Duzi in an article published in the newspaper La Repubblica.
"Because the respiration of the forests is not enough to cleanse the planet, a person tries to interfere, creating artificial forests." Simulating the mechanism by which plants absorb carbon dioxide, installations that are not too different in appearance from solar cells use a chemical reaction to draw CO2 from the air. If one chestnut with its broad leaves for a year absorbs one ton of greenhouse gas, then an artificial tree can achieve the same result in just one day, "- the publication reports.
"According to the Association of British Engineers, artificial trees are the most promising direction for inhibiting climate change." Currently, artificial trees are being studied at Columbia University, Klaus Lackner, who is dealing with this issue, will demonstrate in London on October 24 how clones of trees work, "reports the author of the article.
"These devices are easy to create and can be placed in a wide variety of places.The sizes of the panels are from 1 to 10 square meters.The panels contain caustic soda.When it comes into contact with carbon dioxide, it turns into soda.However, a serious problem remains the collection of the reaction product In addition, there is a financial issue: the production of one such "tree" can cost 20 thousand dollars, "- the author writes.
"According to a study by the University of Colorado, in order to neutralize carbon dioxide, thrown out only by American cars (6% of the total amount of CO2 emissions in the US), it will take $ 48 billion to create artificial forests, but all the other geoengineering projects are even more difficult, - notes the journalist, - whereas 8.7 billion tons of carbon dioxide entering the atmosphere today, by 2030 will turn into 12 billion. "
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