Carbon removal is here. What comes next will define this industry – and the green economy: an opinion piece from Giana Amador, the executive director of the Carbon Removal Alliance
by AnnaBishop1138
Carbon removal is here. What comes next will define this industry – and the green economy: an opinion piece from Giana Amador, the executive director of the Carbon Removal Alliance
by AnnaBishop1138
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Lots of room to be skeptical of course but we will be needing this tech at scale. I thought this article showed us as having quite a broad ecosystem in development.
PS. I know America is a long way away from this politically but a carbon tax is the smartest way to bring the whole system together. And last I read a good 29% of the global economy now has a carbon tax.
Newsflash!
The head of the carbon capture industry thinks carbon capture is great.
Carbon capture using “industrial processes” is stupid greenwashing, especially capture from the atmosphere. Thermodynamically, the recovery of 400 ppm CO2 alone costs about 10-15% of the energy release by burning carbon. Transport and compression add another 10-15%. You are already at 20-30% of an industry as large as the coal or oil industry and you haven’t even put it in the ground.
Carbfix has been running carbon capture in Iceland since 2014. Which neatly contradicts her assertion that there were no commercial projects when she started in the industry in 2015.
Makes me look a tiny bit more carefully at her other pronouncements.
Can we just stop burning fossil fuels??
Methane has more than 80 times the warming power of carbon dioxide over the first 20 years after it reaches the atmosphere. Even though CO2 has a longer-lasting effect, methane sets the pace for warming in the near term. At least 25% of today’s global warming is driven by methane from human actions.