Can we capture and convert CO2 into useful plastics?

OLLI class member Tom Lord found the below links and mentioned them in our first class 10/23.

I have reviewed them, and I certainly think they represent avenues worth pursuing. The big issue with carbon capture and storage is not, can we do it?

It is, can we do it economically? If the CO2 is buried in the earth, it has no value. If the CO2 becomes an essential part of a useful plastic, then it does have some value.

Good topic for class discussion. Tom's links are:

http://energy.gov/fe/articles/recycling-carbon-dioxide-make-plastics

http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/News/2010/July/28071001.asp

http://theenergycollective.com/dgreenblogger/189811/novomer-produces-co2-based-polyols

http://sciencenordic.com/making-plastic-out-carbon-dioxide