Update on "Air Carbon Plastic"
Update on "Air Carbon Plastic"
(OP)
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/company-unlocks-secret...
Not much real information but it appears that they have materials in production, and customers. Will be interesting to see how this pans out in the coming years.
Not much real information but it appears that they have materials in production, and customers. Will be interesting to see how this pans out in the coming years.
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RE: Update on "Air Carbon Plastic"
RE: Update on "Air Carbon Plastic"
It is better to have enough ideas for some of them to be wrong, than to be always right by having no ideas at all.
RE: Update on "Air Carbon Plastic"
Information so vague and imprecise that it sounds like lies. 'Air carbon'!
'Carbon emissions' almost certainly means CO2 and plants have been doing this quite cheaply for quite a long time (see photosynthesis with photosystems I and II—a lot of steps and more subtle and precise arrangements of metal atoms than a 'bundle of enzymes' and of course needs energy from light). On the other hand improvements in artificial photosynthesis and have been anticipated for a while. I'd like to know more of course. If it sort-of works my guess is that it takes more energy than is reasonable.
RE: Update on "Air Carbon Plastic"
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RE: Update on "Air Carbon Plastic"
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Their website says they are concentrating on methane, which is supposed to be way more green-housy than CO2. They mention sources for methane as land fills, farms, water treatment plants and energy facilities. Looks like they are dependent on sources of relatively high concentration fairly reactive gas. too bad these sources dont produce ethylene instead.
Rick Fischer
Principal Engineer
Argonne National Laboratory
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Consulting, ideas and training on plastic materials
www.phantomplastics.com
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http://smallbusiness.foxbusiness.com/technology-we...
Supposedly, they're going to make 50 million pounds of PHA this year for around 25 customers.
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