What to Do With CO2? Call Hollywood! New Research Suggests It Might Be Used to Make CDs and DVDs
Submitted by EnergyTechStocks.com
New research indicating that carbon dioxide emissions could become a valuable raw ingredient in the manufacture of CDs and DVDs illustrates how the gas that threatens the planet may one day soon be put to good use. It further illustrates the need for investors to try to keep up with the energy industry’s rapidly changing technological landscape, even though Wall Street firms aren’t yet doing much research in this area.
German researchers told an American Chemical Society meeting earlier this month that using CO2 to make the plastic used to make CDs, DVDs and other products could make a “significant contribution” to solving the world’s CO2 emissions crisis. The researchers indicated that further work would be needed before everyone could do their bit to solve global warming just by buying the latest hit record or movie.
Thus were investors left to wonder about the broad impact of all this. It’s dizzying to think about exactly how much of a contribution to solving global warming might be made by the entertainment industry if it were to turn out nothing but CO2-based plastic CDs and DVDs? Beyond entertainment, what new uses for CO2-derived plastic might be found? Beyond plastic, what new products might be invented using CO2 as a raw ingredient?
If enough productive new uses for CO2 emissions could be found, would that eliminate the need for the global carbon cap-and-trade system that everyone is eyeing as the goose that will lay the golden egg? Or will there still be a need for cap-and-trade, with entertainment companies pocketing millions by selling the carbon “credits” they generate by using CO2-based plastic in their CDs and DVDs? Will Apple and the other online music downloaders see their business plummet as everyone rushes to the store in order to save the planet by buying the latest Mariah Carey CD?
If enough productive new uses for CO2 emissions can be found, will the world be able to depend on coal-fired power plants to meet its incredible need for more electricity without having to worry about the air people breathe. Would wind and solar power, two green but intermittent power sources, lose their appeal?
The questions go on and on, as does the potential for tens of billions of dollars worth of investments to be affected by whether and how the world finally solves its carbon crisis.
