silence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 6 months agoIs Carbon Capture Cause for Hope? a new facility to suck carbon out of the air shows why it's more complicated than that.newrepublic.comexternal-linkmessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkIs Carbon Capture Cause for Hope? a new facility to suck carbon out of the air shows why it's more complicated than that.newrepublic.comsilence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square13fedilink
minus-squareHol@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months agoThe real question is how to make it profitable. Turn the captured carbon into building materials somehow? As it stands, who pays for it? Can’t rely on government subsidies, and can’t rely on business doing it unless they’re compelled. I wish it would work but I just don’t see how it fits in the current system at any meaningful scale.
minus-squareMalReynolds@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months ago Turn the captured carbon into building materials somehow? So, trees …
minus-squaresushibowl@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoThe problem is, usually the result of this capture process comes in the form of CO2 gas. Turning that into something useful takes even more energy.
The real question is how to make it profitable. Turn the captured carbon into building materials somehow?
As it stands, who pays for it? Can’t rely on government subsidies, and can’t rely on business doing it unless they’re compelled.
I wish it would work but I just don’t see how it fits in the current system at any meaningful scale.
So, trees …
You might be onto something.
The problem is, usually the result of this capture process comes in the form of CO2 gas. Turning that into something useful takes even more energy.