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AS WATER VAPOR CONDENSES INTO CLOUDS, CHEMICALLY PURE WATER IS FORMED. AFTER THE
CONDENSATION PROCESS, A WATER DROPLET IS HIGHLY CHEMICALLY ACTIVE AND, DUE TO
THE LACK OF MINERAL SUBSTANCES IN ITS ENVIRONMENT, ABSORBS CARBON DIOXIDE (CO2)
FROM THE AIR TO BECOME SATURATED. THIS RESULTS IN THE WATER DROPLET HAVING A
SLIGHTLY ACIDIC PH OF 6. SUCH NATURALLY CO2-ENRICHED RAINWATER CAN BE PROCESSED
IN VARIOUS WAYS TO EXTRACT CO2. ON LAND, CO2 CAN BE ABSORBED FROM RAINWATER
USING MINERAL COMPOUNDS. HOWEVER, THE MOST EFFECTIVE METHOD OF BINDING CO2 IS BY
UTILIZING THE VAST SURFACE AREA OF THE OCEANS.

THE TECHNOLOGY PROPOSED HERE RELIES ON USING RAINWATER TO CREATE SUITABLE
CONDITIONS FOR THE GROWTH OF MICROORGANISMS THAT PREFER THE TRANSITIONAL
CONDITIONS BETWEEN FRESH AND SALTWATER. HUGE STRIPS MADE OF SUNLIGHT-TRANSPARENT
MATERIAL COULD BE DEPLOYED ON THE OCEAN SURFACE, WHICH WOULD ABSORB
CO2-SATURATED RAINWATER INTO THEIR INTERIORS AND MIX IT TO THE APPROPRIATE
PROPORTIONS WITH SEAWATER. THIS WOULD ENABLE THE CREATION OF CONTROLLED
CONDITIONS FOR THE BLOOM OF MICROORGANISMS CAPABLE OF PHOTOSYNTHESIS. MECHANISMS
FOR THE REMOVAL OF EXCESS OXYGEN MIGHT BE REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN OPTIMAL
PHOTOSYNTHESIS CONDITIONS FOR AS LONG AS POSSIBLE.

AFTER THE PHOTOSYNTHESIS CEASES, THE BIOMASS WOULD BE NEUTRALIZED AND
TRANSPORTED VIA LONG PIPES TO GREAT DEPTHS, WHERE CONDITIONS OF VERY HIGH
PRESSURE AND TEMPERATURES AROUND 2°C WOULD SOLIDIFY THE CELLULOSE DERIVED FROM
THE BIOMASS FOR A LONG PERIOD.

AN EXAMPLE OF AN ORGANISM THAT PREFERS TRANSITIONAL BRACKISH WATER CONDITIONS IS
PRYMNESIUM PARVUM. FOR THIS "GOLDEN ALGAE," SEVERAL MECHANISMS CAN BE USED TO
REGULATE ITS BLOOM, INCLUDING THE INFLUENCE OF ELECTRIC FIELDS GENERATED BEFORE
A STORM TO STIMULATE MICROORGANISM ACTIVITY.

THE CONSTRUCTION OF THESE MASSIVE STRIPS SHOULD INCLUDE A LARGE NUMBER OF SMALL
VALVES ON THEIR UPPER SURFACE TO QUICKLY ABSORB RAINWATER AND PREVENT IT FROM
RELEASING THE CAPTURED CO2 BEFORE ENTERING THE STRIP'S INTERIOR. THE VALVES
ALLOWING RAINWATER INSIDE COULD BE ELECTRICALLY REGULATED, WHICH COULD ALSO
CONTROL THE INTENSITY OF MICROORGANISM BLOOMS. CREATING A VACUUM TO DRAW WATER
INTO THE INTERIOR OF THE STRIP WOULD NOT REQUIRE SIGNIFICANT ENERGY, AND POWER
COULD BE SUPPLIED BY PEROVSKITE SOLAR PANELS PRINTED ON THE SURFACE OF THE
STRIP. THESE TYPES OF SOLAR PANELS COULD TRANSMIT LIGHT OF A SPECIFIC WAVELENGTH
SUITABLE FOR THE GROWTH OF MICROORGANISMS, WHILE CONVERTING THE REST OF THE
SOLAR SPECTRUM INTO ELECTRICITY. THE LOWER VALVES FOR DRAWING IN SEAWATER COULD
BE SPACED FURTHER APART, AS OBTAINING THE RIGHT MIX WITH RAINWATER DOES NOT
REQUIRE RAPID ACTION.

THE ACCUMULATION OF CARBON-RICH CELLULOSE SEDIMENT FROM MICROORGANISMS SHOULD
ONLY OCCUR IN THE DEEPEST REGIONS OF THE OCEANS, WHERE SEDIMENT DEPOSITION
ALREADY TAKES PLACE, THUS MINIMIZING THE NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF A TECHNOLOGY AIMED
AT REDUCING ATMOSPHERIC CO2. THE ADDITION OF SEAWATER MIXED WITH FRESH RAINWATER
COULD ALSO HELP REDUCE THE ACIDIFICATION OF THE OCEANS CAUSED BY CO2, WHICH IS
RAPIDLY DESTROYING CORAL REEFS.

CURRENTLY, RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE RES (RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES) TECHNOLOGIES
ARE IN THE EARLY STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT. THEY ARE VERY COSTLY AND
ENERGY-INTENSIVE TO PRODUCE. DUE TO THEIR TECHNOLOGICAL IMMATURITY, AND THUS
FREQUENT REPLACEMENT BY NEWER, MORE EFFICIENT VERSIONS, THEY HAVE A VERY SHORT
OPERATIONAL LIFESPAN. POORER COUNTRIES WILL NOT AFFORD THEM FOR A LONG TIME.
HOWEVER, THE RAPID LARGE-SCALE INTRODUCTION OF OCEANIC CO2 CAPTURE TECHNOLOGY
FROM RAINWATER COULD ALLOW FOR THE LONGER USE OF CURRENT FOSSIL FUEL
TECHNOLOGIES AND A SMOOTHER ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL TRANSITION TO RES TECHNOLOGIES,
WHILE MAINTAINING OR POSSIBLY EVEN REDUCING THE CURRENT LEVEL OF CO2 IN THE
ATMOSPHERE. DURING THIS TRANSITIONAL PERIOD, OCEAN DEPTHS SHOULD WITHSTAND THE
BURDEN OF SILTATION FROM CARBON SEDIMENT FROM MICROORGANISMS. AFTER A COMPLETE
TRANSFORMATION OF THE PLANET TO RES TECHNOLOGIES, THESE SEDIMENTS COULD BE
RECOVERED AS FERTILIZER FOR AGRICULTURE, OR FOR REFORESTATION OF DESERTS, AND
RESTORE THE OCEAN DEPTHS TO THEIR ORIGINAL STATE.

TEXT IN THE FORM OF A SCIENTIFIC ARTICLE:
‘INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY FOR CAPTURING CO2 USING RAINWATER AND ENHANCING MARINE
MICROORGANISM GROWTH’





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