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I think a few hundred purpose-built nuclear powered CO2 scrubbing plants could be an option. At 1,500 kWh/ton, a 1 GW nuclear plant could capture 5.8 million to
by deegles 2y ago
I think a few hundred purpose-built nuclear powered CO2 scrubbing plants could be an option. At 1,500 kWh/ton, a 1 GW nuclear plant could capture 5.8 million tons of CO₂ per year which is about 0.015% of global emissions. It would have to be coupled with emissions reductions and so on though.
- epistasis 2y agoIs there some advantage to powering this with nuclear rather than other cheaper energy sources? Using waste heat for desorption of amine scrubbers, perhaps?
- idunnoman1222 2y agoOr hear me out use the 100 GW of clean energy so that you don’t have to use 100 GW of dirty energy