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While I'm not saying this whitepaper is wrong, keep in mind that this is done by Carbon Engineering who receive funding from people and organizations like N. Mu
by hju22_-3 3y ago
While I'm not saying this whitepaper is wrong, keep in mind that this is done by Carbon Engineering who receive funding from people and organizations like N. Murray Edwards[1], Chevron Corporation, Occidental Petroleum and BHP[2] which either have hands deep in the oil or mining market, among other things. There is financial incentive to provide results that are in-line with what your funders want, and it's nothing new that this kind of thing has been, and still is being done. It's just hard to prove often.
So as with all science, consult multiple whitepapers, including ones that don't have direct or borderline not indirect funding from those who have financial incentive to get a result that increases revenue or similar, to get a clearer idea of the probability that the topic isn't incorrect or what have you.
As an aside, whether it's right or wrong (since it's a heated topic), I feel these videos demonstrate at least the possibility of companies playing with these kinds of things. They're amusing to watch, if nothing else, in my opinion: https://youtube.com/watch?v=MondapIjAAM https://youtube.com/watch?v=MondapIjAAM and https://youtube.com/watch?v=EIezuL_doYw https://youtube.com/watch?v=EIezuL_doYw
[1] https://www.cheminst.ca/magazine/article/out-of-thin-air/ https://www.cheminst.ca/magazine/article/out-of-thin-air/
[2] https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-bcs-carbon-engineering-secures-68-million-to-commercialize-c0/ https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-bcs-carbon-...
- pfdietz 3y agoYou could have given a technical rebuttal, but all you had was disparagement of motives.
- concordDance 3y agoWhile you're correct that whitepapers can mislead, you really should provide an alternative reputable source or give potential methodological critiques rather than mere motive disparagement.
- pfdietz 3y agoEspecially when the original claim, "the energy required to pump it through would offset any capture" is not just wrong, but wrong by a factor of 50 for electricity production from natural gas.