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So they take CO2 from the atmosphere and chemically transform it into solid materials that reduce greenhouse gasses in the atmosphere?
Congratulations you have invented plants.
I think microbes are probably a lot easier, faster, and more cost effective to produce compared to plants. It can survive in harsh conditions and create rock from the C02 at a fast rate according to the article.
Weeks instead of years. Could be big for assisting in the fight against climate change.
The downside of that kind of stuff is that you need a balance. Scrub too much CO2 and it’s trouble again.
Great, in 50 years we’ll be desperately switching back to fossil fuels to prevent an ice age.
Plants eventually decompose, releasing the CO2. Rock generally doesn’t have that problem
The plants then die and release that CO2
Turning it into a mineral means it won’t just be released
“that essentially eat carbon dioxide gas (CO2) and turn it into rock at an incredibly fast rate.”
ETA to new construction method in 3-2-1…
“Twenty years from now…”
Bacteria grow on ants and fix atmospheric carbon to make a tough armor.
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.01.21.700952v1.full
That’s really cool
I wonder if it could be feasible to take the CO2 emissions from incinerated landfill.
Empty the landfills, burn the waste, generate electricity and eat all the carbon emissions. No idea if it’s feasible in the future but it sure would be an incredible advancement.
