Do you know how the air gets polluted? Many causes include cigarette smoke and wildfires. However, the most significant cause of pollution is exhaust from the engines of cars and other gas-burning vehicles. Many car companies are working to stop the pollutants by creating hybrid and electric cars, which don’t use as much gas. However, many lower-class families need help to afford these newer cars, which are significantly more expensive than simple gas cars. Graviky Labs has recently come up with a unique solution called air-ink. Air-ink is a new device that you plug into the end of your car’s exhaust pipe. It takes the exhaust from the pipe, and condenses it into a high-quality ink. When you empty the container, you can use the ink for artwork or save it for later. You can also put it in an air-ink pen and use it as you please. Instead of the pollutants entering the atmosphere, they get repurposed for another use. The air-ink is much more affordable than hybrid cars, as it’s only thirty dollars! This one solution will only solve some of our crises. Other causes are polluting the air, which need more extensive measures. Wildfires are springing up everywhere, sending more and more smoke into the air. The wildfires are also destroying our best carbon vacuum cleaners. Trees. Trees take in the carbon in the atmosphere and spit out oxygen, and when the trees get burned or cut down, they cannot do that job. Our fossil fuels are slowly running out. Scientists expect the world’s oil will be entirely depleted by 2060. That gives us more than one generation to find a sustainable replacement for fossil fuels. We have already established various other forms of energy, including solar and wind. However, they are not ready to become the leading energy source. The air-ink is a good start, but we still have a ways to go for a clean future.

Related stories:

• https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/ink-made-air-pollution-180972212/
• https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/chasing-genius-air-ink-carbon-pollution-graviky
• https://www.stirworld.com/see-features-recycling-air-pollution-into-inks-air-ink-by-graviky-labs
• https://time.com/collection/best-inventions-2019/5733138/graviky-labs-air-ink/
• https://www.good.is/Innovators/ink-from-repurposed-air-pollution

Take action:

• https://air-ink.com/
• https://www3.epa.gov/region1/airquality/reducepollution.html
• https://ww2.arb.ca.gov/resources/fact-sheets/simple-solutions-help-reduce-air-pollution
• https://dnr.mo.gov/air/get-involved/help-improve-air-quality
• https://www.unep.org/interactive/actions-to-clear-air/