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I'm a fan of the Climeworks concept, but the article and the Climeworks website fail to address the obvious question: what's the net sum of CO2 collected to CO2
by myrloc 9y ago
I'm a fan of the Climeworks concept, but the article and the Climeworks website fail to address the obvious question: what's the net sum of CO2 collected to CO2 created in creating the energy needed to power their plants?
- monk_e_boy 9y ago50 tonnes a year per machine doesn't sound much, compared to just growing bamboo or something similar.
- ghshephard 9y ago"Each year, a hectare of Moso bamboo absorbs 5.1 tons of carbon" http://inesad.edu.bo/developmentroast/2013/05/what-can-bamboo-do-about-co2/ http://inesad.edu.bo/developmentroast/2013/05/what-can-bambo... You would need 10 Hectares of land to equal one of these machine. Sounds reasonably impressive to me. Even more impressive if the climework "tonne" is 2200 pounds and the bamboo ton is just 1000 pounds.
- Tade0 9y agoThere goes my genius idea to grow bamboo and turn it into charcoal to trap carbon.
- p0nce 9y agoIt's still early beginnings for carbon capture. If you have money, by funding ClimeWorks and such you encourage further research on this topic.
- SubiculumCode 9y agoWouldn't that depend on the source of energy running the CO2 extractor?
- titojankowski 9y agoI like where your question is headed. Carbon dioxide removal tech must be powered by solar/wind with low emissions for this to work.