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Re:Launch HN: Noya (YC W21) – Direct air capture of CO2 usin... by networkimprov on Monday February 15, 2021 @02:03PM (#26145937)
What percent of current US CO2 production is 730M tons?
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Re:Launch HN: Noya (YC W21) – Direct air capture of CO2 usin... by jsantos511 on Monday February 15, 2021 @03:19PM (#26146822)
US CO2 consumption is ~64M tons / year, so 730M tons >> current US production. Next step for managing CO2 production is geologic sequestration to ensure we have something to do with all the CO2 we capture!
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Re:Launch HN: Noya (YC W21) – Direct air capture of CO2 usin... by rwmurrayVT on Monday February 15, 2021 @02:30PM (#26146226)
64M tons was their answer in another comment.
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Re:Launch HN: Noya (YC W21) – Direct air capture of CO2 usin... by cma on Monday February 15, 2021 @04:25PM (#26147656)
~5 billion metric tons is what we emit.
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