carbon dioxide recycling Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Fri, 21 Aug 2015 06:27:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Can Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Make Nanofibers? https://www.greenoptimistic.com/carbon-dioxide-nanofibers/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/carbon-dioxide-nanofibers/#comments Fri, 21 Aug 2015 06:27:06 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=56310 Climate scientists now concede that in order to mitigate the effects of climate change, it is not enough to simply reduce fossil fuel emissions. No, the situation is dire enough that we need to find a way to actually remove the carbon dioxide already emitted into the atmosphere. Scientists have largely focused their efforts on […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/carbon-dioxide-nanofibers/feed/ 2 56310 Carbon Dioxide Recycled into Sodium Bicarbonate by French Vineyard https://www.greenoptimistic.com/carbon-dioxide-sodium-bicarbonate-20130415/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/carbon-dioxide-sodium-bicarbonate-20130415/#respond Mon, 15 Apr 2013 13:21:02 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=36252 To reduce their carbon footprint, a French vineyard has announced plans to capture the CO2 produced during the fermentation of grapes and convert it into sodium bicarbonate (an important ingredient in toothpaste). After collection, pharmaceutical companies will buy the sodium bicarbonate naturally-produced by Chateau Smith Haut Lafitte, from Bordeaux, France. Quoting the Industrial Agricultural Products Center […]

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