This doesn't pull CO2 out of the air. CO2 in the air is at 420ppm meaning you would need to process a huge amount of air to get a significant amount of methanol

This doesn't pull CO2 out of the air. CO2 in the air is at 420ppm meaning you would need to process a huge amount of air to get a significant amount of methanol. This pulls CO2 out of "where carbon dioxide occurs in maximum concentration - for example directly in the exhaust gas stream of large industrial plants". One example would be fossil fuel power plants... It's an interesting technology but is bound to be co-opted by those who will pretend it is a reason to allow fossil fuel extraction to continue without limit. Eg [1] Also, many uses for methanol, such as as a fuel additive, release the carbon back into the atmosphere. Once the fossil fuel is extracted and burned, the carbon has moved from the slow cycle to the fast cycle - and it'll stay there.[2] [1] https://www.climatecouncil.org.au/resources/ccs-will-not-solve-this-problem-energy-expert-responds-to-expected-morrison-government-announcement/ https://www.climatecouncil.org.au/resources/ccs-will-not-sol... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_cycle#:~:text=Fast%20and%20slow%20cycles,-The%20slow%20carbon&text=The%20fast%20or%20biological%20cycle,%2C%20soil%2C%20ocean%20and%20atmosphere https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_cycle#:~:text=Fast%20an....