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The answer is a big fat NO !!
The forgot to mention where do you get the Sodium hydroxide(NaOH) to make Sodium Bicarbonate??

It's usally bound up with clorine in salt.. NaCl.. (sea water)
One uses electroyolsis to seperate Na from Cl. Which uses lots of energy, and now you have to deal with vast quantities Clorine gas (Cl2) (Even worse.)

http://www.chemlink.com.au/caustic.htm

Typical production profile
Input Amount
sodium chloride 1.75 tonne
hydrochloric acid 0.025 tonne
sulfuric acid 0.052 tonne
soda ash 0.027 tonne
electricity 3.0 MWh
water 8 000 litres

In other words it require around 30 gigajoules of gas to produce 1 tonne of caustic soda and 1 tonne of chlorine (concurrently).


In summary.. One uses up more energy producing NaHCO3, than one can get out of burning coal.

I.E. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium_bicarbonate..

Net process requirements one Sodium atom per Carbon atom to be sequestered. You're better off leaving the coal in the ground and using Solar, Wind, Hydro as the primary energy source.
Posted by: thetruth_z   Posted on: 11/27/07 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Baking Soda..  michael.burgess@... | 11/27/07
using baking soda  Linux Geek | 11/27/07
So what?  techboy_z | 11/27/07
The problem is the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere. We are cutting  DonnieBoy | 11/27/07
If left to itself...  blu_z | 11/28/07
I agree, there are tons of uses for baking soda  GeiselS@... | 11/27/07
The answer is a big fat NO !!  thetruth_z | 11/27/07
Oh, the ego of mankind...  Uber Dweeb | 11/27/07
The world scientific community has been studying this for some time. CO2  DonnieBoy | 11/27/07
Scientific Community?  Uber Dweeb | 11/27/07
Yes, there are always those that will try to create a controversy where  DonnieBoy | 11/27/07
Gotta love...  Uber Dweeb | 11/27/07
And your argument is??? There is ample evidense that we need to cut CO2  DonnieBoy | 11/27/07
Whatever you say  Boot_Agnostic | 11/28/07
RE: Can baking soda curb global warming?  toddmryan | 11/27/07
I still dont understand why we dont use neuclear.  Been_Done_Before | 11/27/07
Agreed, Nuclear should be one of the technologies used to meet goals!!  DonnieBoy | 11/27/07

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