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Carbon capture and sequestration is expensive because it has three components, each with its own expensive challenges: capture, distribution, and sequestration.
by elmolino89 3y ago
Carbon capture and sequestration is expensive because it has three components, each with its own expensive challenges: capture, distribution, and sequestration. The mass of CO2 produced is 2-3 times the mass of coal or methane* burned and is more challenging per unit to ship than coal, so the cost of capture, distribution and sequestration is typically a multiple of the cost of doing the same with the coal or methane.
- dredmorbius 3y agoNB: HN frowns on general article summaries: <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39187161 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39187161> <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39180235 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39180235>
- elmolino89 3y agoThank you. Point taken. I was mistaken assuming that this summary goes not as a comment but as summary of the submission.
- dredmorbius 3y agoThat can be confusing. More here: <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39213144 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39213144>