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naossoan t1_ivaqfjc wrote

Reply to comment by BrainBoy000 in In the face on the Anthropocene by apple_achia

Carbon capture is complete bullshit unless it's powered 100% by nuclear, geothermal, or some other kind of renewable energy.

The largest carbon capture plant today in Iceland only removes 4000 tonnes of co2 per year, which is roughly 800-something cars.

Being Iceland I'm assuming it is powered by geothermal, which is great, but Iceland is one of the few places on earth where geothermal energy is relatively easily obtainable.

If a cartoon capture plant is powered by coal or natural gas power it's nearly completely negated, at the very best reduced to negligible offsets, similarly to electric cars.

It's much more effective to remove those 800 something cars from the road in the first place.

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shiddyfiddy t1_ivawgm6 wrote

That was a proof of concept plant. They have better funding now and the next plant will do about 35k tonnes per year.

West coast of north america has a lot of suitable sites.

This idea isn't close to being toast. Not yet anyway.

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naossoan t1_ivb1t1y wrote

It's also nowhere close to being good, either.

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