we already know how photosynthesis is done ; so why cant we creat “artificial plants” that take CO2 and gives O2 and energy in exchange?
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Expense. Constructing an ‘artificial plant’ as you described would be very expensive, since all the necessary enzymes will have to be artificially synthesized and assembled. However, even is an ‘artificial plant’ is made, it would need be maintained, which adds to the running costs.
At this point, it would be much more cost effective to just plant an actual plant, which does all that is needed, in addition to providing for wildlife, maintaining biodiversity and reducing the (potentially global) temperature.
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