Yes billnotgatez,it would take an input of some source of external energy from solar or nuclear or whatever else to power such a hypothetical electromagnetic means of extraction of CO2 from the air.
Years ago,when I was 16 years old,I read some science book on how CO2 has magnetic properties and is attracted to the magnetic field of a magnet.Over the years,I have read about similar things in scientific reports and publications.And then only here recently,I learned about Alfred Y.Wong at the University of Los Angeles,Ca.(UCLA).He has a scheme to exploit a combination of electromagnetic waves and the Earth's own magnetic field to accelerate CO2 molecules up into outer space,permanently removing CO2 from the planet(like I stated before,sounds crazy
but is based upon sound facts and principles of physics...just don't tell your next door neighbor...they might want to commit you to an insane assylum
heh,heh.lot of laughs).
But anyway,when I learned about Professor Wong's scheme,it once again revived my interest in an old idea I have had for many years:can you somehow electromagnetically extract,concentrate and separate CO2 from other atmospheric gases like nitrogen and oxygen? By taking advantage of it's unique magnetic properties somehow?
Once almost pure CO2 has been extracted,concentrated and separated from other atmospheric gases by some sort of electromagnetic method,what do you do with it next?You could choose a number of options.You could sequester it by pumping it below ground.Or you could pump it into an algae pond to enhance the growth rate of the algae.Still yet another possibility could be some type of artificial chemosynthesis similar to photosynthesis that is powered by solar,nuclear,geothermal,etc.Many people are already working on this already.Only their atmospheric chemical extraction methods are different and does not entail the still highly theoretical magnetic means of extraction which I have proposed.. and still in it's infancy as far as working out details.
Of course,everything has a law of dimminishing returns.If the magnetically extracted CO2 was then used to synthesize hydrocarbons,they would contain less energy than what went into it.(Duh...no kidding.)It has nothing to do with perpetual motion anymore than any other method. However,even with losses,the resulting hydrocarbons would have more commercial value,because they represent high energy density in a chemical form that is more easily transportable.And human civilization will always have a need for hydrocarbons.It can't survive on nothing but electric power alone.
enahs,don't make a liar and an ass of yourself by placing words into my mouth that I never said.Getting more energy out than put into it ..is what you said that I said that I wanted to do.Some people need to learn how to read other people's posts instead of making assumptions.
To me,as far as I'm concerned, the real issue here is not whether such a questionable (I must admit) method of atmospheric extraction by magnetic means can work or not...but instead real the issue here is the blinkered mindset of intellectual blindness and arrogance which surrounds it.This is the same blinkered mindset which dismisses out of hand the fact of microwave chemistry,although there is lots of people out there already working in this particular field of chemistry(like I already stated before in the ethanol to butanol topic that billnotgatez started).And if I'm getting offended,why should I get offended by something that is essentially not my problem?
Instead of people not wanting to think outside the box being just so much B.S.,I think I have done proven it quite well about some of the people I have encountered in these forums.