[CO.sub.2] extraction method under development at Los Alamos - Issues and Events

Engineered Systems, June, 2002

Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory are studying a simple, cost-effective method for extracting [CO.sub.2] directly from the air -- which could allow sustained use of fossil fuels while avoiding potential global climate change. The method would allow researchers to harvest [CO.sub.2] from the air, reducing buildup of the so-called "greenhouse gas" in the atmosphere and allowing it to be converted into fuel.

A Los Alamos-led research team recently presented the topic at the 223rd annual meeting of the American Chemical Society, in Orlando, FL.