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The exhaust goes into the atmosphere. Overall then, assuming low carbon manufacture, the turbine is roughly carbon neutral. But then you factor in the decades o
by Angostura 3y ago
The exhaust goes into the atmosphere. Overall then, assuming low carbon manufacture, the turbine is roughly carbon neutral. But then you factor in the decades of zero carbon operation. Assuming that some small proportion of that capacity is used to power carbon scrubbers/sequestration and you can fairly easily get to carbon negative
- mulmen 3y agoHow is a positive number minus zero negative? The carbon scrubber itself can be carbon negative if the carbon is sequestered but that’s true even if the power supplied to it emits carbon. The power source doesn’t get to take credit. That only complicates the math and leads to double counting. I still don’t see how the wind turbine itself is carbon neutral. And even if I did nothing about being made of wood makes a wind turbine more suitable for powering a carbon scrubber. These terms have meaning and overstating the capability undermines credibility.
- Angostura 3y agoHaving thought this through again - my argument is rubbish :)