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Not to pour too much cold water on this, but aside from the extreme cost -- let's just assume that comes down -- these plants ideally need to be located near sp
by abalone 9y ago
Not to pour too much cold water on this, but aside from the extreme cost -- let's just assume that comes down -- these plants ideally need to be located near specific basalt geological formations and need a substantial freshwater supply (27:1 ratio to captured CO2). So while it is most economical to capture at source power plants it may not be geographically possible. And when they're not located by a source it's 10X less efficient.
- alexandercrohde 9y agoOf course. The article doesn't mean nor need to imply that this technology is practical yet, simply to illustrate progress is being made (and it is). For any technology you can poo-poo the early stages ("This Wright brothers plane can only fly 200 feet," "This computer is the size of a room and costs several years' salary").