Re:The impact of direct air carbon capture on climate change
by colechristensen on Thursday November 21, 2019 @07:18PM
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You're assuming perfect elasticity of energy supply which there absolutely is not.
There is quite a mismatch between solar and wind production and electricity usage patters which is why storage is such a hot issue. Already there have been brief periods where 100% of energy production in a few regions was renewable. Those will certainly only grow in frequency and duration.
You don't start working on this technology when everything else is ready for it, you start as quickly as possible so the tech is ready when the rest of the world is ready for it.
There is quite a mismatch between solar and wind production and electricity usage patters which is why storage is such a hot issue. Already there have been brief periods where 100% of energy production in a few regions was renewable. Those will certainly only grow in frequency and duration.
You don't start working on this technology when everything else is ready for it, you start as quickly as possible so the tech is ready when the rest of the world is ready for it.