Launch HN: Noya (YC W21) – Direct air capture of CO2 using cooling towers

Re:Launch HN: Noya (YC W21) – Direct air capture of CO2 usin... by breck on Monday February 15, 2021 @01:59PM (#26145894)

Since its towers we're talking about, what about an ivy/clonal plant?

And can't you just bury the dead trees?

I also don't understand what the equation is. Is it something like this:

    CarbonCaptureRateToStopGlobalWarming = growTreesPlantsAndBuryDeadOnes(...params) + newTech(...params)

If so, what is the order of term 1 and the order of term 2? It seems to me that at the end of the day only 1 of these terms will matter (or maybe it's a hybrid?)

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Re:Launch HN: Noya (YC W21) – Direct air capture of CO2 usin... by ip26 on Monday February 15, 2021 @04:53PM (#26147971)

Nobody has figured out a roadmap to get to done using only term 1. But we know it will help, and make other things better in the meantime, so it's always worth doing. Meanwhile, term 2 is unsolved but probably the only way to get back to 350ppm.

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