The "best" IPCC AR6 climate scenario assumes currently nonexistent carbon removal technology and linear growth in said nonexistent carbon removal efficiency as the nonexistent technology "matures"

  • Quimby [any, any]
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    3 years ago

    Headline: Carbon Capture! Hope!

    Buried in the article: "Because the plant currently uses some natural gas, by the time the fuel it produces has been burned it has released a half-tonne of carbon dioxide for every tonne removed from the air. That gives it a carbon footprint 70 per cent lower than a fossil fuel, he said.

    That footprint would shrink further if the plant were all-electric. And if it ran on wind- or solar-generated electricity, the fuel would be almost carbon neutral."

    Almost maybe carbon neutral-ish, in the future, maybe. :yea:

    • barrbaric [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      Well duh, we have to burn it! How else could we monetize saving the planet?