is is possible to make captured carbon back into a useful solid form?

Question

For many years now I have wondered why we aren’t able to turn the air captured carbon into useful things like carbon fiber or carbon nanotube batteries. surely there must be some way of doing this through the magic of chemistry.

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Answer 1

Yes, by growing crops and trees, we can capture carbon and make food and wood. Or algae farms can produce fish feed, or the algae can be processed in oil for many different applications. As for chemical based carbon capturing, that can be made into useful stuff as well, but the problem always comes down to the cost to do it.