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There seems to be no target beyond the amount of carbon to capture. Are they targeting for $ per tonne removal. Efficiency of removal? Climeworks already has te
by wanderingmind 5y ago
There seems to be no target beyond the amount of carbon to capture. Are they targeting for $ per tonne removal. Efficiency of removal? Climeworks already has technology that has removed more than 1000 tonnes of Carbon from atmosphere(0). Can we just give them the price? The trouble is cost. Climeworks estimates that at scale their tech would cost $500 - $600 per hour. Looks like this is still high and the current wisdom is that we need to bring it down to $100 per tonne from atmosphere. Also I think removing directly from power plant exhaust is probably a better approach that trying to shoot for a technology that sequesters from atmosphere.
(0) https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/12/magazine/climeworks-business-climate-change.html https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/12/magazine/climeworks-busin...