December 3rd, 2007
Better living through chemistry
There may be a chemical answer to one of the biggest worries among those working on climate change. The problem: an abundance of CO2 go into the atmosphere and the oceans. Now there’s a wise guy who thinks he has the solution and it’s actually a chemical solution.
The wisdom is that the oceans naturally absorb CO2,and now seem to be absorbing too much and becloming acidic. His solution: electrochemically remove the hydrochloric acid in solution in the oceans, then neutralize it using silicate rocks.
The resulting chemicals could then be returned to the sea which would have an increased alkalinity. That would be helpful because the oceans would then absorb still more CO2. That’s good because CO2 is the most abundant of the greenhouse house gases helping to raise the temperature of our atmosphere and planet.
A newsman since 1969, Harry Fuller has worked for CBS, ABC, CNBC Europe, CNET and was founding news director at TechTV. See his full profile and disclosure of his industry affiliations.
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