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"Green fuels and chemicals" What's the embodied energy of the whole process? It's cool that bacteria are used here. In what way(s) is this better than what pl
by meristohm 2y ago
"Green fuels and chemicals"
What's the embodied energy of the whole process?
It's cool that bacteria are used here. In what way(s) is this better than what plants & other living CO2 processors do?
"Our hope is to accelerate the scalability of CO2 conversion technologies to mitigate climate change and improve carbon circularity," Jack said. "We want to rapidly decarbonize energy and now even the chemical industry, in a much faster timeframe."
Is there anything more effective than scaling back our usage in the first place? That doesn't require anything new to be built.
- PaulHoule 2y agoScaling back lifestyles is politically hard, at least if you don’t want the populist hard right to take over. Switching to carbon free energy is another option, there are hurdles to cross which depend on what you are trying to do. Attaching solar to the electrical grid is easy, for instance, storage to get through the night is within sight but still under development. Processes like making steel and concrete are a different thing. Aviation yet another. One of the most favorable places to capture carbon is the output of an oil refinery where they burn 10-20% of the petroleum to run the process, you could use nuclear or solar energy for some of that (green hydrogen) and store all the CO2.