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Re:Launch HN: Noya (YC W21) – Direct air capture of CO2 usin... by retube on Monday February 15, 2021 @02:01PM (#26145907)
This sounds like a relatively neat idea to capture CO2 for resale, but I can't see this will have any meaningful impact on the global levels of CO2 in the atmosphere.
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Re:Launch HN: Noya (YC W21) – Direct air capture of CO2 usin... by jsantos511 on Monday February 15, 2021 @02:16PM (#26146066)
Totally agree - in the short-term, it's highly likely that emissions will continue as they have.

In the medium- to long-term, we're aiming to develop geologic sequestration pathways that will begin to draw-down atmospheric CO2 levels. This version of our process is like our "Tesla Roadster" - the product that is meant to fund the future development of harder, but more impactful, products. In our case, CO2 re-sale will fund the development of permanent sequestration pathways, and it will actually enable us to get to a point where we are able to scale projects that are permanently removing carbon from the atmosphere.

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