silence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 7 months ago
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I think this makes it really clear how most of the carbon capture proposals are aimed at influencing public opinion towards allowing ongoing extraction and burning, rather than actually doing much of anything.
I’ve worked in the development of a CCS plant last year. What I’ve learnt is that it is very costly, takes a lot of energy and there’s not enough economic drivers today for companies to invest in this.