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Posted Wed Dec 14 2011: from ClimateWire: Scrubbing Carbon Dioxide from Air May Prove Too Costly http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1323896593 One of the seemingly ideal and direct solutions to climate change is to efficiently vacuum up greenhouse gases straight from the atmosphere. But a new study finds that such a proposal is very far-fetched and tremendously expensive... in a paper published earlier this month in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers found that trying to scrub the air is much more expensive than keeping it from getting dirty in the first place. [Read more stories about: carbon emissions, anthropogenic change, geoengineering, global warming] New!: Your Quips: anarchaosos says: "'Doc Jim - maybe we could use it to scrub the giant toilet we're all being flushed down?" Got a PaniQuip? Your Quip (limit 140 characters, no links, just wit): First name: The text shown in the Web image to the right: We reserve the right to reuse, remove, or refuse any entry.

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