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New Method Removes Carbon from the Air, Churns Out Valuable Carbon Products
A novel electrochemical process sequesters carbon in the form of a versatile building material.A new method for taking carbon dioxide directly from the air and converting it to oxygen and nanoscale fibers made of carbon could lead to an inexpensive way to make a valuable building material and may even serve as a weapon against climate change. Carbon fibers are increasingly being used as a structural material by industries like aerospace and automotive, which value its strength and light weight..
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That is very cool! If it works even half as well as it could, it'd still be very positive for both the economy and the environment!
I guess the question is, how do we get the process to be cheap enough for it to be used world wide as both a way to convert carbon and used as a building material.
It seems we're quite lucky that producing carbon fiber is a quite expensive process as of now, so it doesn't have to be that cheap to be economically sound, only cheaper than the current method.