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Thanks. Garcia Oliver. Plants absorb CO 2, of course, but they take up a lot of room and are slow, inefficient CO 2 absorbers. 2 scrubbers use chemicals that don't meet your criteria. Monoethanolamine (MEA) is used to scrub carbon dioxide from gas streams, but it's corrosive and toxic in very small amounts.hanks. Garcia Oliver. Plants absorb CO 2, of course, but they take up a lot of room and are slow, inefficient CO 2 absorbers. 2 scrubbers use chemicals that don't meet your criteria. Monoethanolamine (MEA) is used to scrub carbon dioxide from gas streams, but it's corrosive and toxic in very small amounts.
Near the Earth's surface, carbon dioxide absorbs radiation escaping Earth, but before the gas molecules can radiate the energy to space, frequent collisions with other molecules in the dense lower atmosphere force the carbon dioxide to release energy as heat, thus warming the air.