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Inside the Glass-House: CO2 in the Short Term
It makes sense, before focusing all our efforts on substituting the energy system, to deal with the consequences of the current one if necessary. It would be irresponsible to allow all the oil to be burned, just because it will not be as easily available for much longer. Peak oil is indeed expected to occur not very late in this century. Earth’s carbon cycle is overburdened. We emit more carbon into the atmosphere than natural processes are able to remove - an imbalance with negative consequences. The Carbon Cycle 2.0 project [7] also nanowiki.info
means collaboration 2.0; tackling one of the greatest challenges facing the world will require an urgent and more creative take on the kind of cross-disciplinary problem-solving needed to bridge the gap between basic and applied research. These are small steps worth taking. The initiative aims to become an umbrella under which all interested stakeholders can meet and discuss, share and cooperate. Among the many proposals, “Crystal Sponges to Capture CO2” is an interesting one [8]. Scientists reported the “ultiNanotechnology: Engines On