Comment on Teen Decomposes Plastic Bag In 3 MonthsComments−joshfinnie17yWonder how much heat this process creates? Could we get rid of plastic and run a turbine? Maybe there's a hope for green energy afterall...−philwelch17yYou missed the part where this produces CO2. And it's producing CO2 from a petroleum product, which means this is CO2 that's been out of the carbon cycle for millions of years, which means it's all net CO2.−froo17yWhat if we used genetically engineered bacteria like what startup LS9 are working on to create petroleum as the waste product?http://www.ls9.com/That would quite literally blow my mind then.−die_sekte17yWe also could blow the CO2 into urban greenhouses, which could make growing plants in the city more economic.
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Wonder how much heat this process creates? Could we get rid of plastic and run a turbine? Maybe there's a hope for green energy afterall...
You missed the part where this produces CO2. And it's producing CO2 from a petroleum product, which means this is CO2 that's been out of the carbon cycle for millions of years, which means it's all net CO2.
What if we used genetically engineered bacteria like what startup LS9 are working on to create petroleum as the waste product?
http://www.ls9.com/
That would quite literally blow my mind then.
We also could blow the CO2 into urban greenhouses, which could make growing plants in the city more economic.