MikeChipshop Member Posted January 3, 2013 Member Share Posted January 3, 2013 Here's an idea... stop chopping down real trees ;) I can see these devices having good real world implementations though. So long as they work in harmony alongside nature and that corperations don;t use them as an excuse to not farm natural trees in an ethical manner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crisp Posted January 3, 2013 Share Posted January 3, 2013 Let's plant install some on Mars or the Moon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pixelpixel88 Posted January 3, 2013 Share Posted January 3, 2013 Maybe im wrong, but i guess Mars and the Moon dont have that kind of atmosphere that would keep the oxygen in its place, and these "plants" need co2 to produce oxygen, im not sure mars or the moon has it in an enough amount. These are just guessings, im not an expert at all, i hope someone can correct me if im wrong :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FloatingFatMan Posted January 3, 2013 Share Posted January 3, 2013 OK, so... How much CO2 is generated to convert those old plastic bottles into these "trees"? They'd better return more than was used to create them, otherwise you still have a net loss. :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted January 3, 2013 Share Posted January 3, 2013 Just plant fast growing real trees that can be harvested for additional uses when mature. Oops - that's pretty much how most forestry is done now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XerXis Posted January 3, 2013 Share Posted January 3, 2013 Ok, I guess these 'trees' never actually made it ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleNeutrino Veteran Posted January 3, 2013 Veteran Share Posted January 3, 2013 first thing that came to mind about this was the lorax and people with plastic trees with air bottles in them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*RedBull* Posted January 3, 2013 Share Posted January 3, 2013 Something like this would be useful in say, interstellar space travel. Any carbon dioxide emissions could be converted to oxygen for the crew. what happens when the air has too much O2? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redfish Posted January 3, 2013 Share Posted January 3, 2013 I think you're confused. Eugenic had little to do with Star Trek, that was actually Genetic modification. Eugenics, doesn't need to do genetic modification, it's about removing the weak and unwanted form the gene pool. and was supported by a lot of people before WWII, including some former American presidents and some other famous geniuses at the time. but after Hitler put it into practice it became kind of unpopular to be a eugenics supporter so they all pretended that never happened. Eugenics didn't mean sending people to death camps either. For a lot of supporters, eugenics was entirely about voluntary behavior, and they didn't want any state intrusion at all. At most, to eugenicists with the more invasive solutions, it meant sterilizing people with inheritable diseases like epilepsy or with mental retardation. But that wasn't universal. Saying Hitler embodied the belief in eugenics is a little but of a slander on the people who genuinely supported it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SionicIon Posted January 3, 2013 Share Posted January 3, 2013 Why was this thread resurrected from 2011? :| WAQT 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted January 3, 2013 Share Posted January 3, 2013 what happens when the air has too much O2? Giantism. Back 300 million years ago when Earth's O2 levels were significantly higher there were mayflies and dragonflies with 1.5+ foot wingspans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickelson Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 Great to know but still a long way to go..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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