jeffw@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoIn a U.S. First, a Commercial Plant Starts Pulling Carbon From the Airwww.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square67fedilinkarrow-up1364arrow-down114
arrow-up1350arrow-down1external-linkIn a U.S. First, a Commercial Plant Starts Pulling Carbon From the Airwww.nytimes.comjeffw@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square67fedilink
minus-squarehglman@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·10 months agoPossible not, you need to maintain the growth conditions for the algae, that has some meaningful energy cost.
minus-squareMonkderZweite@feddit.chlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·edit-210 months agoGlass panel over it for greenhouse? Can’t use more power than carbon skimming.
minus-squareoatscoop@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoWhat if we genetically modified the algae to be impossible to kill and survive in extreme conditions. Like the algae equivalent of kudzu.
minus-squarerunefehay@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up6·10 months agoNow coming to everyone soon: algae world! All algae all the time! Covered in slime? That’s worth a dime! There is no escaping it, not even a bit.
minus-squareoatscoop@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 months agoIt’ll be fine. If it gets out of hand we’ll just engineer an equally hardy and aggressive rotifer to kill all the algae.
minus-squareAutistoMephisto@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·10 months agoYou’re basically exchanging a world-ending Gray Goo Scenario for a world-ending Green Goo Scenario.
minus-squarehglman@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoYou need more than a green house lol.
minus-squareMonkderZweite@feddit.chlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoI only ever had problems with too much algae in our pond…
Possible not, you need to maintain the growth conditions for the algae, that has some meaningful energy cost.
Glass panel over it for greenhouse?
Can’t use more power than carbon skimming.
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What if we genetically modified the algae to be impossible to kill and survive in extreme conditions. Like the algae equivalent of kudzu.
Now coming to everyone soon: algae world! All algae all the time! Covered in slime? That’s worth a dime! There is no escaping it, not even a bit.
It’ll be fine.
If it gets out of hand we’ll just engineer an equally hardy and aggressive rotifer to kill all the algae.
You’re basically exchanging a world-ending Gray Goo Scenario for a world-ending Green Goo Scenario.
You need more than a green house lol.
I only ever had problems with too much algae in our pond…
You’ve figured it out.