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So they installed a comically inefficient CO₂ scrubber in order to generate this headline. In order for CO₂ scrubbing to have even a chance of making sense we n

So they installed a comically inefficient CO₂ scrubber in order to generate this headline. In order for CO₂ scrubbing to have even a chance of making sense we need big efficient dedicated plants. There is absolutely no synergy in installing the scrubber on an EV, and handling the measly amount it produces is logistically inefficient.

chii 4y ago
> logistically inefficient. not only inefficient - the added weight of the scrubbers means that the car is now less efficient at carrying people. CO2 scrubbing doesn't work. I think massive, industrial capture, and chemical and electrolysis conversion of CO2 into usable raw materials (such as raw carbon) is the only way forward. The energy to power that process needs to come from solar or other clean renewables.