Geo-Injection System Can Turn Carbon Dioxide Into Stone
9th June 2016
As part of a long-running project called CarbFix, researchers injected emissions from an Icelandic power plant deep into rock formations. The gas reacted with the basalt rocks, forming carbonate, a material similar to limestone. Once turned into carbonate, the carbon can’t leak back out into the environment.
June 10th, 2016 at 07:37
I love the lack of chemistry involved. Yeah, the carbon dioxide reacts with the rocks and becomes a carbonate – until it is heated, at which time it gives up the carbon dioxide. Wanna guess why those rocks don’t already have carbon dioxide attached to them in a volcanic area like Iceland?
Arrrrrrrrrgh.