An MIT Energy Initiative study finds many climate-stabilization plans are based on questionable assumptions about the future cost and deployment of “direct air capture” and therefore may not bring about promised reductions.
Except in this case, the atmosphere is a known (huge) size, the number of points at which capture technology can be applied is not that great, and the more CO2 that’s captured, the harder it will be to capture more. And the way gases circulate through the atmosphere, it’ll be even harder to ensure that it flows past the places where the scrubbers are located.
Unlike battery tech, none of those factors has a technical solution.
The whole carbon-capture business model is a con. Stop pollution at source, it’s the only way that actually works right now. Quit pissing away money, effort and precious time on displacement activities like this and hydrogen.
Nationalize the fossil-fuel companies and start an orderly shutdown. It’s the only way we will survive.
Except in this case, the atmosphere is a known (huge) size, the number of points at which capture technology can be applied is not that great, and the more CO2 that’s captured, the harder it will be to capture more. And the way gases circulate through the atmosphere, it’ll be even harder to ensure that it flows past the places where the scrubbers are located.
Unlike battery tech, none of those factors has a technical solution.
The whole carbon-capture business model is a con. Stop pollution at source, it’s the only way that actually works right now. Quit pissing away money, effort and precious time on displacement activities like this and hydrogen.
Nationalize the fossil-fuel companies and start an orderly shutdown. It’s the only way we will survive.