Jens Nørskov | Catalysis for sustainable energy | Energy@Stanford and SLAC 2014

[@NinjiaJoeLife]

Do you have postdoc position open?

[@chemophile14]

Do you think Norskove can read your comment and reply your comment on KZbin

[@Dr_Xyzt]

I'm a fan of concentrated solar. Limestone. I want to get limestone as nature's natural, non-cellular carbon capture device. I want to use concentrated solar to get carbon monoxide out of limestone. I just need a way to end up with calcium oxide so it can still capture CO2. A giant ratcheting wrench. You stop the sun, it stops and waits until the sun is back.

[@pearsonbrown6740]

I don't think that you understand how this works. To get limestone you're going to emit CO2 to begin with. In fact, you'll emit exactly what you'll capture.

[@Dr_Xyzt]

@@pearsonbrown6740 I don't think you understand. Calcium oxide holds CO2 from the atmosphere as calcium carbonate. You cook the CO2 out of it and use the aforementioned CO2 in pure state for a pre-determined process, using CSP as the thermal energy source. The calcium oxide can be re-used to capture more carbon. The alternative is plant-life. The weather and climate don't always facilitate the same bio-performance. My suggested inorganic process is more predictable.

[@pearsonbrown6740]

@@Dr_XyztApologies, I misunderstood. What you're talking about is one of the major methods of interest for CCS. The CO2 would wisely be used in synthetic chemical synthesis. Do you think pumping it underground is foolish?

[@Dr_Xyzt]

@@pearsonbrown6740 I don't want to say I think pumping CO2 under-ground is foolish. I think it's a "Myopic" idea. We're not guaranteed to "get anything out of it". If it's underground, we can't reach it. Sure, there are a lot of reasons to see CCS as useful, but when you have an abundance of a substance within reach, you develop new capabilities you didn't know about. Currently, I've come to really like BioChar and the Methanol Economy. Check it out.

[@pearsonbrown6740]

@@Dr_Xyzt I'm familiar with those routes. They're superior to a hydrogen economy because of greater end product utility. Of course, hydrogen is crucial to operating those processes, but we don't need to bother spending billions on infrastructure to handle a pesky gas.