Whether or not you believe in man made global warming the crisis can be averted. America can now have industries that produce CO2 and not have to feel they are damaging the climate. I personally don't see a danger with human produced CO2, but for those that do the solution is at hand. For the skeptic of global climate change the solution may appear to be the reason behind the theories.

Amazingly, we can reduce CO2, generate more efficient power, practically eliminate pollution from coal generated power plants, make engines and nuclear reactors more efficient and make environmentally safe air conditioners, water heaters, and home heating systems.

So what is this amazing solution that can solve the problem from both sides of the argument? As ironic as this might seem it is completely true I will give you a few links to look it up for yourself and if the subject interest you you can look into it further.

The solution to CO2 is CO2. This little gem of a substance has some incredible qualities of which I will explain shortly. It is readily abundant, no one wants it so the cost to buy it will be close to nothing. But wait the scientific community in coordination with the UN and world governments are trying to demonize it and charge taxes when you create it. Geez, that could really increase the cost of using it.

Another problem with using CO2 in the future, may come from Congress or the EPA or both declaring it a poisonous gas. The handling charges for, and levels of bureaucracy would then rise significantly.

The solution to the CO2 crisis is CO2. I love technology! Technology solves problems, taxes create them.  This incredible substance when made into Supercritical CO2 (basically a liquid on the verge of turning back into a gas), can be used for an incredible array of substances and uses. It could literally reduce the need for carbon based fuels by as much as 40 percent in the next few years. I guess those with vested interest in the oil industry might see CO2 as a threat, but lets not jump to conclusions no matter how obvious they are.

I'll provide some of the uses for CO2 below, I am sure there are more and more will be developed if world governments don't cripple what could be an incredible potential Industry by putting a tax on it's head.

For you pot heads out there....Supercritical carbon dioxide has also been used as an extraction solvent in the creation of highly-potent hash oil, known as honey oil.

Supercritical carbon dioxide has been used for more than 30 years to enhance oil recovery in mature oil fields. At the same time, there is the possibility of using the various "clean coal" technologies which are emerging to combine such enhanced recovery methods with carbon sequestration efforts. Using gasifiers instead of conventional furnaces, coal and water is reduced to hydrogen gas, carbon dioxide, and ash. This hydrogen gas can be used to produce electrical power in combined-cycle gas turbines, while the CO2 is captured, compressed to the supercritical state, and injected into geological storage, possibly into existing oil fields to improve yields. The unique properties of supercritical CO2 ensure that it will remain out of the atmosphere.

Supercritical carbon dioxide is also used in the foaming of polymers. Many corporations utilize supercritical carbon dioxide to saturate the polymer with solvent (carbon dioxide). Upon depressurization and heating the carbon dioxide rapidly expands, causing voids within the polymer matrix, i.e., creating a foam. Research is also ongoing at many universities in the production of microcellular foams using supercritical carbon dioxide.

There is considerable work being done to develop a supercritical carbon dioxide closed-Brayton-cycle gas turbine to operate at temperatures near 550 °C. This is a significant usage, which could have large implications for bulk thermal and nuclear generation of electricity, because the supercritical properties of carbon dioxide at above 500 °C and 20 MPa enable very high thermal efficiencies, approaching 45 percent. This could increase the electrical power produced per unit of fuel required by 40 percent or more. Given the huge volume of extremely polluting fuels used in producing electricity, the potential environmental impact of such an efficient cycle could be very large.

Supercritical Carbon Dioxide can also be used as a more environmentally friendly solvent for dry cleaning as compared to more traditional solvents such as hydrocarbons and perchloroethylene.

Environmentally beneficial, low-cost substitutes for rigid thermoplastic and fired ceramic, are made using supercritical carbon dioxide as a chemical reagent. The supercritical carbon dioxide in these processes is reacted with the alkaline components of fully hardened hydraulic cement or gypsum plaster to form various carbonates. The primary byproduct is water.

Supercritical carbon dioxide is also an important emerging natural refrigerant, being used in new, low carbon solutions for domestic heat pumps. These systems are undergoing continuous development with supercritical carbon dioxide heat pumps already being successfully marketed in Asia. The EcoCute systems from Japan, developed by consortium of companies including Mitsubishi, develop high temperature domestic water with small inputs of electric power by moving heat into the system from their surroundings. Their success makes a future use in other world regions possible.

I really love this one as it shows you where Greenpeace's alliances really lay.

The Alliance for CO2 solutions and its supporting scientists, NGOs and business leaders urge the car industry to replace high global warming chemical substances with the natural refrigerant carbon dioxide in car cooling and heating. This, they argue, would lead to 10% less car emissions, and knock out 1% of total greenhouse gas emissions worldwide. If CO2 Technology is applied in other sectors, such as commercial and industrial refrigeration, heat pumps for water heating etc., it may even save up to 3% of the worlds greenhouse gases.

Now here's Greenpeace argument against it.

Refrigerants such as the greenpeace-developed 'Greenfreeze', based on purified butane/propane mixtures, are entirely 'natural', and due to increased efficiency over refrigerants such as R134a, allow the use of very small amounts of refrigerant to be used.

Hmmm! Greenpeace involved in the manufacturing of refrigerants. Is there a conflict of interest?

They prefer gases that are more harmful to the environment as compared to CO2!

Well there we have it amazing solutions to world problems caused by CO2 and other pollutants and then solved by CO2. Technology! Gotta love that shit! Taxes not so much.

What do you think the chances of CO2 not being taxed so it can be used efficiently in industry? I'll do my best to fight it, I hope you do to, cause there is only one tax payer and that is us!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supercritical_carbon_dioxide#Environmental_impact

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alliance_for_CO2_Solutions

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supercritical_fluid

http://www.pprc.org/pubs/techreviews/co2/co2intro.html

http://www.chem.leeds.ac.uk/People/CMR/moreco2.html

http://www.jascoinc.com/Products/Chromatography/SFC-SFE/Supercritical-Fluid-Components/Supercritical-Carbon-Dioxide-Pumps.aspx

http://www.jascoinc.com/Products/Chromatography/SFC-SFE/Supercritical-Fluid-Components/Supercritical-Carbon-Dioxide-Pumps.aspx

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgHhLKlRzJM