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Typo: > You can do two things with carbon: you can capture it, or you can use it. Both are hard, but the latter is harder, mainly because carbon dioxide is so
by _Nat_ 5y ago
Typo:
> You can do two things with carbon: you can capture it, or you can use it. Both are hard, but the latter is harder, mainly because carbon dioxide is so small.
You can either store (CCS: "Carbon Capture and Storage") or/and use (CCU: "Carbon Capture and Utilization") it.
Fixing the typo:
> You can do two things with carbon: you can store it, or you can use it. Both are hard, but the latter is harder, mainly because carbon dioxide is so small.
Also, probably wouldn't say that it's hard because CO2 is small. Instead, probably just say because [it's got a low enthalpy](https://politics.stackexchange.com/questions/30089/why-is-there-so-much-focus-on-producing-less-co%e2%82%82-rather-than-investing-in-techno/30112#30112 https://politics.stackexchange.com/questions/30089/why-is-th... ). Otherwise, it'd be like saying that water's hard-to-use because H2O is small, or that gold's hard-to-use because Au is small.
- DavidPBL 5y agoYou're absolutely right regarding enthalpy and thanks for fixing the typos. I am still trying to find the best way to communicate what we are doing.
- _Nat_ 5y ago> I am still trying to find the best way to communicate what we are doing. Hah.. yeah.. I like to remain anonymous, so it's difficult to discuss my own background and experience directly, but I fully get what you mean. I've stood in front of conferences at places like AIChE and in front of the upper-staff at some of the world's largest companies and delivered talks on topics that I consider to be the basics of this field, and there seemed to be surprisingly superficial comprehension. It was weird, and communication seemed like a huge barrier. A lot of work in this field may be more social in getting folks to accept and support stuff.
- DavidPBL 5y agoI definitely underappreciated how important communication is.