The Canadian government’s study on the benefits of supplemental carbon dioxide in greenhouses and the insane costs of supplementing plants with CO2 shows that some plants experience skyrocketing growth and profits if extra CO2 is provided. The downside is that it costs around $60,000-$100,000 for the machine itself, with similar costs for yearly maintenance. Check the Canadian government’s website, and you’ll see it’s impossible and unavailable for the average industrial farmer.

So, I made a few machines priced between $300-$600, with yearly maintenance costs we can say are almost negligible, like pennies. Sure, I went full organic and sustainable. I uploaded the whole tutorial on YouTube, explaining how it works for me with the science, chemistry, biology, and so on. And it produces lots and lots of heat mostly for “free”.

Check the machine on Youtube here. My English has improved since my first videos, but back then I had insane camera nerves and could barely put a sentence together. Please acknowledge that. Check it out here. Not just one. Five videos on the playlist.

Read the summary of the benefits below:

Basically, CO2 is essential, but my whole approach is like backwards photosynthesis. In my version, most organic matter, like hay, straw, field grass, and leaves “basically “garbage” is transformed back into energy in the form of heat and CO2. Compared to normal composting, almost no harmful chemicals are produced, and it doesn’t have an extremely bad odor. Nothing is rotting. It has a smell but day and night difference. Everything is aerobic, so you won’t get sick, and the material itself can sterilize everything to “hospital grade”. It reaches 60-65°C and stays there.

I’m not 100% convinced about the following statement; however, after my research, it seems that decomposing organic matter with aerobic thermophilic bacteria is more efficient than fire. Fire itself produces lots of harmful gases, and excess heat escapes. Additionally, fire requires lots of energy to boil water within the material. Like hand brakes. Another benefit is that minerals and beneficial chemicals in plants after harvest remain in the machine. So goes back to soil in literally hours.

After harvesting, the remaining plants can be put into the machine and returned to the soil. In just a few hours, it’s done. Not years, months or days. Hours. So additional fortunes can be saved on added minerals, as we don’t deplete the soil as fast. It’s a game changer. And even if harmful bugs and diseases appear, it’s sterilized in a few hours to hospital grade. Overkill compared what we have now.

Almost forgot the essence. Greenhouses need to be ventilated so fresh CO2 arrives and oxygen leaves—along with the heat, obviously. So here’s the catch: if we produce the CO2 internally, for pennies, that also generates heat. This means there’s no need to frequently open windows and doors. Allows all the heated air to remain inside.

The greenhouse effect works even better. Imagine not just capturing the greenhouse effect with closed doors, but with water vapor and CO2 acting as greenhouse gas, Preserving thermal energy in the evenings in cold climates.  Allowing us to push production much further into winter and start earlier.

Financially, this means that if nobody else has this “product” on the market when we harvest. We can “double” the price. You don’t compete. You are the only one on the market producing it locally weeks earlier. Or, you can produce year-round as well. We need to listen to nature telling you. Not fighting it. Life gets simple.

At first, I wanted to start with sustainable houses, but I didn’t have the money, so I wanted to build at least a minimal viable product like a sustainable heater. I failed and won miserably at once. So, the catch is reversed photosynthesis, so leaves, field grass, hay, straw, woodchips, sawdust, etc…basically “garbage”… can be reverted back into mostly water, energy in the form of heat, and CO2. Almost nothing else remains compared to traditional hot composting.

The solution was in front of us, and none of us saw it. The catch is, in normal or hot composting, we do it wrong. In normal composting, when we turn the pile, it gets aerated, so aerobic thermophilic bacteria work more efficiently, causing the piles to heat up. The issue is, while turning the pile, we cool it down, so the bacteria die. We need to keep it warm. The solution to create “limitless” heat is to constantly turn the piles to provide oxygen to the thermophilic bacteria, and to eliminate CO2 so they don’t choke.

It needs to be closed and insulated, especially at the start, so we reach 42-45°C when things start working like crazy. After this point, the heat loving bacteria decompose almost everything and produce insane quantities of heat, so insulation isn’t needed anymore. And we need vast amounts of air to feed the bacteria and foremost to eliminate co2. Hundreds upon hundreds of m3 air an hours. amazing isn’t it? It was right in front of us. So simple.

A benefit is that, compared to normal composting, not as many harmful gases are produced that would be harmful to humans, animals, or plants. For example, “laughing gas” is an issue with normal composting. And the odor isn’t bad because it’s aerobic. Nothing rots at any point. Basically, it’s so clean we can say at these temperatures, it’s hospital-grade sterilization.

The entire process is not toxic if touched; it’s mostly sterile. With my architecture diploma and field experience, I can back this up in every country with local building codes. I have no formal chemistry training. In school, I barely passed because everyone was expected to pass, but here’s the thing: it works. The phase I went through and all the knowledge I gathered,

I’ve shared on YouTube, so anyone interested can take it further. I’m not asking for money, I don’t want to trick you, so don’t sue me. Talk with your local chemists or biologists. I’m mostly into real estate and just sharing what worked for me. Please do your own research and be aware of what you’re doing. To my surprise, heat production was one thing, but the biggest factor is CO2 production. It might sound counterintuitive and strange, but we are currently at historically low CO2 levels.

It may sound insane, but don’t judge me—right now, CO2 levels are so low that plants are barely surviving. Imagine the huge dinosaurs and lush forests from comic books; that was because of extra CO2. So, nowadays, global warming and extra CO2 are actually beneficial for crops. The real issue is the rapid rate of increase; it should rise slower outdoors.