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The way the capture guys argue is that if you have a plant that captures 50% of carbon emissions, then you run it on >50% renewable fuel, and it ends up carbon
by ajb 5y ago
The way the capture guys argue is that if you have a plant that captures 50% of carbon emissions, then you run it on >50% renewable fuel, and it ends up carbon neutral or negative.
- rosndo 5y agoOf course it’s fun to laugh at the “capture guys” for not understanding basic math, but do you have an actual source for this accusation?
- ajb 5y agoThe "basic math" here is straightforward: 100 tonnes of carbon in fuel. 50 are captured, 50 go to the atmosphere. If more than 50 tonnes originally came from the atmosphere recently, then the net flow to the atmosphere is negative. There may be other issues with carbon capture (its expensive, doesn't necessarily prevent other pollutants, can be part of a greenwashing scheme). But snark about math isn't useful, especially when you are wrong.