Re:A CO2 capture solvent with exceptionally low total costs ...
by earlyriser on Sunday April 04, 2021 @08:35AM
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It's important to throw money at this, but also to throw brains that could bring surprisingly simple ideas. Have you seen tech like https://noyalabs.com ? There's no need to create a capture factory with their approach.
When it's in the ground it's not, no. But when we try to take it out or put it back in it does cause significant environmental disruption. Especially open mining.
> - Without joking: not with that attitude we won't. Let's not quit before trying?
Because any effort and money we throw at this won't go to things that are more likely to work. The scale to make CO2 capture actually make a difference is huge. Even the thought of producing and siting all those capture factories is mindbogglingly difficult without creating even bigger problems. For example: If we have to ship all their machinery and steel from China, we're likely to emit more CO2 than they will capture in years.
Like I said I'm open to being proven wrong but I don't think it will ever scale to this level.