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CO2 removal sounds like its a necessary process to reverse global warming. However at this stage its kinda dumb to try to extract CO2 into solid carbon when in
by rr808 3y ago
CO2 removal sounds like its a necessary process to reverse global warming. However at this stage its kinda dumb to try to extract CO2 into solid carbon when in nearly every country in the world is still burning coal producing CO2.
- version_five 3y agoWhy is it dumb? If there isn't s substitute for coal et al we'll keep using them. Technology that can clean up the resulting CO2 makes a lot of sense.
- arcticbull 3y agoThere is, we've had nuclear power for decades.
- throwaway742 3y agoIt really sounds like a perfect use of nuclear power. If you match the NPP with the carbon capture plant you have a nice consistent load.
- mlyle 3y agoIt takes more power to get the carbon out of the atmosphere than we get from burning the coal. You'd want to stop burning the coal before you start to try and claw solid carbon back out.
- epylar 3y agoWhere is that power coming from, that they use to get the carbon out of the atmosphere?
- mlyle 3y agoIn a perfect world, from renewables and perhaps nuclear. But we should get to a point where we can use renewables to get rid of coal and natural gas generation, rather than using even more renewables to partially undo the harms of coal generation. It's great to prototype capture... but the benefit is developing a technology that will mostly only be useful after largely decarbonizing the economy.
- WaveevaW 3y agoImagine if we could do more than one thing at a time