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> Sure, we also want to be doing stuff that's net carbon negative, but that's a long way into the future. Isn't refusing emitted carbon (net negative) the enti
by BrandonMarc 9y ago
> Sure, we also want to be doing stuff that's net carbon negative, but that's a long way into the future.
Isn't refusing emitted carbon (net negative) the entire point? That wouldn't be an "also" then, and newfangled ideas that don't give such a result are nothing to be excited about.
Seems to me capturing from the air is a wholly separate matter, whereas capturing at the source (i.e. power plant) should be the focus.
- semi-extrinsic 9y agoI guess "net negative" can be interpreted different ways. I was thinking of "net negative" to mean "capturing CO2 that's already been emitted", as opposed to "capturing CO2 before it is emitted in the future". I agree any CCS scheme must be "net negative" in the sense that it doesn't produce more CO2 than it captures. But all the technologies in the pipeline today fulfill this.