Launch HN: Remora (YC W21) – Carbon capture for semi trucks

Re:Launch HN: Remora (YC W21) – Carbon capture for semi trucks by mad_tortoise on Thursday March 11, 2021 @08:01AM (#26423491)

This is very interesting taking the carbon at the source of one of the most polluting transport industries. Which immediately made me think of one of the most powerful facts I know. That the largest 15 cargo ships in the world produce more pollution than all the cars in the world.

This leads me to ask a question: could this technology be scaled up to work on ships, specifically cargo ships? As removing their carbon output at the source would be highly beneficial to the planet.

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Re:Launch HN: Remora (YC W21) – Carbon capture for semi trucks by nasmorn on Thursday March 11, 2021 @08:49AM (#26423965)

CO2 is not that kind of pollutant. The whole shipping industry is about 3% of global emissions. A gas lawnmower produces more pollution than an SUV but not more CO2.

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Re:Launch HN: Remora (YC W21) – Carbon capture for semi trucks by paulgross on Thursday March 11, 2021 @11:25AM (#26425751)

Absolutely — this technology would work very well for cargo ships, and after we make it work for semi trucks, we plan definitely to scale up to help decarbonize other hard-to-electrify forms of long-haul transport like locomotives and cargo ships.

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Re:Launch HN: Remora (YC W21) – Carbon capture for semi trucks by belltaco on Saturday March 13, 2021 @12:13AM (#26444168)

If it sounds too powerful to be true, then it's probably false. That powerful fact is not true for CO2, it'd be physically impossible. It's only true for Sulphur and Nitrogen dioxide poisoning.

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