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RE: China is Trying to Solve Its Air Pollution By Turning Smog Into Diamonds
Unfortunately, the tower is not working as they had planned. It only cleans in the immediate area and not a small village as they had hoped. They are now planning to just make it a memorial of sorts. Maybe newer versions will be enhanced.
yeah, probably in the future versions they will make it better. Technology is bound to improve.
I didn't think it would work. I think the energy requirements for producing artificial diamonds are quite high so it kind of negates the point unless they can find some clean energy source to do it with. I think we should look on it as more of a contemporary art installation:)
I read that it uses as much energy as a water boiler. Also, somewhere it was mentioned that it uses wind energy.
The idea of contemporary art installation is brilliant. The design is very nice, isn't it?
That's what I thought and some artists use art as a starting point for environmental ideas to get the conversation going. A bit like with sci-fi authors in the past.
Exactly. I was kind of surprised (I don't know why) to learn that an artist is leading an environmental cause. Maybe I am 'living in a well'
I've seen a lot of artists doing tech related things lately. They often come up with ideas that are so creative that nobody else has thought of them:)