Exciting discovery

‘Exciting’ discovery of material that can store greenhouse gases faster than trees

The findings were hailed by researchers who said the material could help “solve society’s biggest challenges”.

Dr Mark Little, who jointly led the research at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, said the discovery has the potential to “help solve society’s biggest challenges”.

“Direct air capture of carbon dioxide is increasingly important because even when we stop emitting carbon dioxide, there’s still going to be a huge need to capture previous emissions that are already in the environment.

More funding please.

Presumably this notion doesn’t envisage a gargantuan scaling up to capture carbon dioxide emissions from China and the rest of the world. In which case, apart from the less dramatic value of the science itself and possibilities such as gas purification on a smaller scale, it’s a waste of time.

The capture of carbon dioxide isn’t worth doing anyway, unless the captured gas is going to be used for something of value.

It’s remarkable how brazen scientists can be when they use the media to pump up the value of their research.