Carbon dioxide (CO2) is the main culprit of global warming and therefore also of the change that the planet is currently suffering in different parts of the world.
Fortunately, technology offers us some tools to combat it. One of them is CO2 capture, a process that consists of extracting this gas from the atmosphere or from industrial emissions to store or reuse it.
By reducing carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, we could be contributing to improve our planet, since current technology can provide us with some solutions to this problem.
How can carbon dioxide be trapped from the atmosphere?
The first thing to understand is that carbon dioxide (CO2) is generated by the combustion of hydrocarbons, so we can capture it before combustion occurs, after combustion.
Before the combustion occurs CO2 can be captured, however it is a process that requires modifying the plants or engines that generate the combustion, which makes it a bit complex, this is a fairly efficient mechanism, the only thing we have to work on mechanical modifications and technological adaptations.
After the combustion process has occurred, CO2 can be captured but it is less efficient, which means that once the carbon dioxide is in the atmosphere it can also be captured from the air, which is quite favorable.
I do not want to explain the concrete way in which it is stored to not extend too much, what I do want to emphasize is that if we can now capture and trap carbon dioxide, and that somehow we can reuse it to be injected into oil wells to serve as an energy mechanism to produce oil is already a very important point.
CO2 capture is a promising technology that can play an important role in the fight against climate change. However, further research and development is needed to make these technologies more efficient and economical.
The technology is there to be used and to be of benefit to us, what is lacking is the will, since it requires an investment factor, which I imagine many are not willing to assume.