Can carbon dioxide produe energy?????

Question

Can carbon dioxide produe energy?????

Answer 1

Most of the carbon dioxide released in the air are rarely of any energetic/chemical use. The compound carbon dioxide itself is a very stable molecule thus it will not readily react to form different molecules. To react with carbon dioxide you would need energy to break the chemical bonds between the carbon and oxygen atoms. If you need energy then you use more gas/electricity to break the bond and THUS producing more carbon dioxide. This would be called a positive feedback chain.  If you ever discover a useful reaction to use up our excess carbon dioxide easily without extra energy then I guarantee you have just struck a gold mine and probably will win a Nobel Prize because you solved the world's carbon dioxide problem!

Regarding the other answerer, Photosynthesis does require carbon dioxide to create simple sugars in plants; however, carbon dioxide does NOT produce/provide the energy for the reaction. The energy is provided by the sun's ultraviolet light. UV light is a high energy wave and can break chemical bonds thus allowing the plant's enzymes to combine water and carbon dioxide to form sugar.

Answer 2

Yes because in photosynthesis there is the need of carbon dioxide to produce energy. So carbon dioxide do produce energy.

Answer 3

No. Even in photosynthesis carbon dioxide is not making energy. In that case solar energy is used to split carbon dioxide into carbon and oxygen. That stores energy which can be recovered by recombining the carbon and oxygen. Plants make wood from carbon dioxide and water by using energy from sunlight and we release that stored energy by burning the wood.

Answer 4

There are many creative ways to re-use the CO2 we produced and decrease the Greenhouse effect. Check a couple by visiting the source links: