A new carbon capture plant will pull 36k tons of CO2 from the air each year

Re:A new carbon capture plant will pull 36k tons of CO2 from... by Alupis on Wednesday June 29, 2022 @08:26PM (#31927392)

That is definitely a different thing though - it's well known China was playing games to artificially manipulate their GDP and currency. The coal plants are actually being used because they have demand for the produced power.

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Re:A new carbon capture plant will pull 36k tons of CO2 from... by ncmncm on Wednesday June 29, 2022 @09:11PM (#31927652)

Yes, but operating them costs a lot more than the renewables being built out. Similarly, for the nukes under construction. So, as the renewables come online, more expensive generation will go offline. That stuff will all be mothballed because continuing to operate it costs a lot more than shutting it down.

China has the advantage that they do not need to continue operating expensive equipment just because it was expensive.

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