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Re:What if carbon removal becomes the new Big Oil? by fulafel on Sunday July 26, 2020 @08:13AM (#23956517)
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.

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Re:What if carbon removal becomes the new Big Oil? by petre on Sunday July 26, 2020 @09:07AM (#23956791)
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...

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Re:What if carbon removal becomes the new Big Oil? by Gwypaas on Sunday July 26, 2020 @08:36AM (#23956649)
Since these [0] work in Scandinavia heating will only ever be a problem you choose to have.

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passive_house

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Re:What if carbon removal becomes the new Big Oil? by refurb on Sunday July 26, 2020 @11:09AM (#23957587)
Your article says those houses still need heating, just less than typical.
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Re:What if carbon removal becomes the new Big Oil? by Gwypaas on Sunday July 26, 2020 @12:28PM (#23958184)
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.

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