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Only problem with carbon nanotubes is they are kind of toxic -- like maybe asbestos level toxicity. So you just made your CO2 emissions problem into an asbestos problem. Congratulations!

Dose-dependent mesothelioma induction by intraperitoneal administration of multi-wall carbon nanotubes in p53 heterozygous mice

" Here, we report a dose-response study; three groups of p53 heterozygous mice (n = 20) were given a single intraperitoneal injection of 300 μg/mouse of μm-MWCNT (corresponding to 1 × 108 fibers), 30 μg/mouse (1 × 107) or 3 μg/mouse (1 × 106), respectively, and observed for up to 1 year. The cumulative incidence of mesotheliomas was 19/20, 17/20 and 5/20, respectively." [1]

[1]http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1349-7006.2012....



It's not like they're just venting CNTs out the top of the smoke stack, instead of CO₂.




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