Geo Scaled Synthetic Photosynthesis 

Can we make a more efficient scrubber before these types of

scrubbers come online? 

Can chloroplasts and the electron transport chain of high

functioning bio-mass such as giant sequoias be manipulated through genetic enhancement?

 

Corn and soybeans have undergone successful genetic enhancement why

not chloroplasts and electron transport chains? 

 

Can we clone high functioning bio-mass, and utilize it's genetic

propensity to perform continuous photosynthesis?

 

Can we bridge the gap between organic and

inorganic photosynthesis ?

Can this bridge be integrated into the national energy infrastructure while at the same time scrubbing

CO2 from the atmosphere?

Comparison I

Proposed Carbon Scrubber:Estimated Removal to Remission Ratio:

1000kg carbon units removed to 200kg re-emitted = 800kg total carbon units removed per cycle

 

Comparison II

Genetically Enhanced Photosynthesis Based Scrubber:

Estimated Removal to Remission Ratio:

<=1000kg carbon units removed to 0kg re-emitted due to the ability to produce self sustaining

energy.=1000kg carbon units removed per cycle

Types of Advanced Scrubbers

My Proposal Type I

-Fully Synthetic Filament    Material

-Photosynthesis Operations-CO2 Scrubber 

My Proposal Type II

-Organic/Synthetic        Combination Filament Material-Genetically Enhanced-Photosynthesis Operations -CO2 Scrubber 

Note: Need for autonomous regeneration of organic material for continued operation. 

This need might be addressed by replicating bio-nanotechnology

The Basic Idea

  Can we extract the photosynthesis process of  high functioning bio-mass, genetically enhance it, and then integrate it into proposed chemical CO2 scrubbers?

Energy Production

The energy released by the splitting of water molecules, the creation of hydrogen ions, and carbohydrates should be enough to at least power individual scrubbers. 

As a global society we are hard pressed to split water molecules for the time being which makes this endeavor quite complicated...

There also lies the potential to exploit the energy levels created by photosynthesis which lie in the terawatt range.

Energy Production

Synthetic trees have already been proposed;

http://susty.com/carbon-extracting-trees-synthetic-natural-co2-sequestration-capture-synthetic-biological/

My idea is to combine the energy production of photosynthesis for use on the grid and the scrubbing of CO2 at the same time

I believe this is a win-win proposal when proposed in the context of the Obama administration's green jobs push, the Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the blatant need for a more robust U.S. energy infrastructure, and the dire consequences of global warming. 

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Rough Draft References

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/06/22/synthetic.tree.climate.change.ccs/http://www.openwood.com/images/pdfs/redwood.pdfhttp://on-line-seminars.com/index.php?p=1_3_A-Tree-s-Genetic-Code-http://pubs.acs.org/cen/science/87/8715sci1a.htmlhttp://www.nature.com/nnano/journal/vaop/ncurrent/abs/nnano.2009.315.html http://susty.com/carbon-extracting-trees-synthetic-natural-co2-sequestration-capture-synthetic-

biological/http://www.brighthub.com/environment/renewable-energy/articles/10225.aspxhttp://www.fas.org/irp/agency/dod/jason/micro.pdfhttp://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/27/science/27redw.htmlhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hj_WKgnL6MIhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fghFaDlgc-Ehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_dioxide_scrubberhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molecular_nanotechnologyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photosynthesishttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloning