An increasing level of carbon dioxide in the earth's atmosphere has been determined and is generally accepted as contributing to global climate change.
Global warming might be mitigated by means to reduce or stabilize the percentage of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
The invention provides a means for dissociating atmospheric carbon dioxide molecules, the reactants are then refined to useful substances benign to the environment. It is taught that solar energy can be used to energize a photonic crystal producing the power and unique resonant frequencies required for specific excitation of carbon dioxide molecules sufficient to break covalent bonds producing molecular products that can be enhanced into substances of commercial value.