However, there is a serious side to this story.
Let's not get so hung up in chasing esoteric technologies that we forget to look at the simple (but amazingly complex) technologies that Mother Nature has provided to us for extracting carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. The simple tree is still the cheapest, most immediately available and most effective emissions extractor yet devised.
While we are busy developing new technologies to assist in combating climate change, let's not denigrate the solutions provided to us by Nature. Let's ensure that we use all options (technical and non-technical) available to us in the short, medium and long term to deal with the problem of climate change.
Cheers,
Dr. Tony Richardson
Director, TreeSmart Australia and The Urban Transport Institute
1st April 2008
