Soak up CO2 with sponges, says CSIRO

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/02/13/csiro_carbon_capture_sponges/     / Australian science outfit CSIRO demonstrating material new approach carbon capture sponge  metal-organic framework absorbs gases point of release capturing flue gases in a power station, releases captured carbon dioxide exposure to sunlight storage facility somewhere else parasitic use as much as 30 percent of a generator’s capacity MOF eliminate parasitic energy load of adsorbent regeneration because they release the as much as 64 percent of the captured carbon immediately on exposure to ultraviolet light Monash University’s Richelle Lyndon CSIRO team Dr Matthew Hill lead author paper abstract Angewandte Chemie Impregnated light-responsive azobenzene molecules which react to UV light and trigger the release of CO2 reaction, material's ability to bend and flex, which makes the material we have created so unique she said surface area of a football field in one gram giving the material a high absorption capacity relative to its weight /