BAET Tech Captures CO2 from Vehicles and Enriches Soil

[altenergygeek]

It is only natural that most of the carbon sequestration efforts currently are directed at power plants as they are the single largest (and most concentrated) source of CO2 emissions. However, there are other categories that are large emitters of CO2 too, collectively. Here's an interesting idea on the CO2 from such [URL="http://powerplantccs.com/blog/2010/03/baet-tech-captures-co2-from-vehicles-and-enriches-soil.html"]distributed sources - inject it direct into the ground[/URL].

"A emission-capturing, crop-boosting technology is developed and promoted by the Canadian firm N/C Quest Inc. under the label “Bio-Agtive Emissions Technology.” In short, the process works like this: exhaust from agricultural off-road equipment is captured and cooled to ambient temperature, then injected into the soil through on-board pneumatic tubes. The exhaust emissions are reported benefit the soil by increasing the uptake of phosphorus, potassium, and sulfur, while providing fixed nitrogen to the crops.

The BAET method diverges from traditional carbon sequestration techniques, in which CO2 is stored in an underground cavity such as an oil well..."

Injecting CO2 into the farm soil (instead of into the ground) has its benefits, such as increased fertility (though I guess there is some amount of CO2 that also escapes over a period of time due to tilling etc). This effort thus has two interesting aspects - capture of CO2 from distributed systems and using it to increase the fertility of the soil.

Interesting. What do you think?