# The Risk of Artificial Photosynthesis? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [January 11, 2024, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-risk-of-artificial-photosynthesis/995981 "2024-01-11T23:37:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 8
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2024, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-risk-of-artificial-photosynthesis/995981/8 "2024-01-12T02:35:44Z")
I knew the concept sounded familiar - I asked why this couldn’t be done 4 years ago! > [@What's the deal with Artificial Photosynthesis?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-artificial-photosynthesis/922035): > > So I was reading about carbon capture, and about how one of the biggest problems with using it to save the planet from global warming is that at the moment it takes bulky infrastructure that’s power hungry and it doesn’t really generate a useful product when captured, which means it’s not really economically viable at the moment. Something that occurred to me is the principle of biomimicry. We know of a chemical reaction that uses the energy of ambient sunlight to capture CO2 and store energy, … --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-risk-of-artificial-photosynthesis/995981)._