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Using nature to combat global warming


A company called GreenCell has a unique solution to the problem of global warming. It’s created something called the GNUL – a bio-processor that, as GreenCell says, ”turns our worst problem into our greatest asset.”

The GNUL is built right into infrastructure that creates greenhouse gases – like smokestacks for example. Working like human lungs, the GNUL breathes in harmful pollutants like CO2 and breathes out oxygen. It does that by using special types of micro-algae that suck in contaminants and breaks them down. The GNUL also purifies water and recycles bio-waste. So essentially, it replicates systems that are already part of mother nature. It could be a breath of fresh air for towns and cities everywhere.

Date

November 24, 2011

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