The teams research waspublishedtoday in the journalNature Energy.
But a new reactor could solve all of that.
What if instead of pumping the carbon dioxide underground, we made something useful from it?
The solar-powered reactor.© Sayan Kar
Kar and his colleagues new reactor is completely solar-powered, meaning it requires no cables or batteries.
A mirror on the reactor concentrates the sunlight for greater efficiency in the system.
CO2 is seen as a harmful waste product, but it is also an opportunity.
We can build a circular, sustainable economyif we have the political will to do it.
Heres hoping that well be seeing solar-carbon-capture-reactor-powered cars on the market sooner than we think.
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Reservoirs and caverns can store excess solar and wind power.
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