We are all Passengers on Spaceship Earth
It is clear from all the research activity on artificial photosynthesis that scientists understand the urgency of learning how to harness the energy of the sun to transform carbon dioxide into a renewable source of energy and chemicals to sustain life on earth. An equally important challenge is to change the perception of policy makers and the public in the fastest and most effective ways. We need to convince the world that carbon dioxide is a friend not a foe and can be used to carry and sustain our way of life long after the fossil fuel reserves have dried up.
By working together as a global community on the science and technology of artificial photosynthesis, carbon dioxide could be our savior rather than our downfall in the fossil fuel free world of the future.