Re:What if carbon removal becomes the new Big Oil?
by hurxnid on Sunday July 26, 2020 @07:58AM
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Yep. Until it costs $4000 a month to heat your home people will not stop doing it.
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Re:What if carbon removal becomes the new Big Oil?
by fulafel on Sunday July 26, 2020 @08:13AM
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There are many good ways of keeping homes warm without fossil fuels.
The projected cost of ccs is much less than $4000/mo even for a oil heated home though.
Re:What if carbon removal becomes the new Big Oil?
by petre on Sunday July 26, 2020 @09:07AM
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Yup. Nuclear. It works for France.
But now they closed down Fessenheim so more coal would be burned. Thank you Greens, thank you Hollande!
https://www.sustainability-times.com/expert/a-safe-and-profi...
Re:What if carbon removal becomes the new Big Oil?
by Gwypaas on Sunday July 26, 2020 @08:36AM
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Since these [0] work in Scandinavia heating will only ever be a problem you choose to have.
Re:What if carbon removal becomes the new Big Oil?
by refurb on Sunday July 26, 2020 @11:09AM
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Your article says those houses still need heating, just less than typical.
Re:What if carbon removal becomes the new Big Oil?
by Gwypaas on Sunday July 26, 2020 @12:28PM
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Rather little, and with district heating it's a non-issue. You can make it a "plus house", producing more energy than what it consumes using solar panels.
My point rather was that living in a really old badly insulated house or a place with horrendous building standards is a choice, and that has to cost something and not be what we aim for when alternatives are easily possible and has been for decades.