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Sucking CO2 From Air Is Cheaper Than Scientists Thought (technologyreview.com)
An anonymous reader quotes a report from MIT Technology Review: While avoiding the worst dangers of climate change will likely require sucking carbon dioxide out of the sky, prominent scientists have long dismissed such technologies as far too expensive. But a detailed new analysis published today in the journal Joule finds that direct air capture may be practical after all. The study concludes it would cost between $94 and $232 per ton of captured carbon dioxide, if existing technologies were implemented on a commercial scale. One earlier estimate, published in Proceedings of the National Academies, put that figure at more than $1,000 (though the calculations were made on what's known as an avoided-cost basis, which would add about 10 percent to the new study's figures). Crucially, the lowest-cost design, optimized to produce and sell alternative fuels made from the captured carbon dioxide, could already be profitable with existing public policies in certain markets. The higher cost estimates are for plants that would deliver compressed carbon dioxide for permanent underground storage. David Keith, a Harvard physics professor and lead author of the paper, is also the founder of Carbon Engineering, "a Calgary-based startup that has spent the last nine years designing, refining, and testing a direct air capture pilot plant in Squamish, B.C.," reports MIT. "Carbon Engineering plans to combine the carbon captured at its plants with hydrogen to produce carbon-neutral synthetic fuels, a process the pilot facility has already been performing." The company has secured $30 million, but is seeking additional funds to build a larger facility that will begin selling fuels. CNBC notes that Carbon Engineering is owned by several private investors, including Bill Gates.
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V-twin take him higher
And the danger it will bring
Tempting fate, time and time again
Bones break and crumble
Grim Reaper in the wind
Grim Reaper
One man of his word
Not afraid to lose it all
A single shot of whiskey – ready to take a fall
One American, with honor with pride
And a burning desire to fly fuckin’ high
Clutch Nixon – Riding through the storm
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Possibly, the greatest man to ever live
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Not through song or dance
Not with the act of love
Not through violence or tyranny - No!
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V-twin take him higher
And the danger it will bring
Tempting fate, time and time again
Bones break and crumble
Grim Reaper in the wind
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Not afraid to lose it all
A single shot of whiskey – ready to take a fall
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And a burning desire to fly fuckin’ high
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The greatest man to ever set foot on two wheels
Possibly, the greatest man to ever live
A man that brought the world together
Not through song or dance
Not with the act of love
Not through violence or tyranny - No!
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V-twin take him higher
And the danger it will bring
Tempting fate, time and time again
Bones break and crumble
Grim Reaper in the wind
Grim Reaper
One man of his word
Not afraid to lose it all
A single shot of whiskey – ready to take a fall
One American, with honor with pride
And a burning desire to fly fuckin’ high
Clutch Nixon – Riding through the storm
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Clutch Nixon – Death he did defy
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The greatest man to ever set foot on two wheels
Possibly, the greatest man to ever live
A man that brought the world together
Not through song or dance
Not with the act of love
Not through violence or tyranny - No!
Just one man, two wheels
Two wheels strapped to a Harley v-twin
Feel the engine roar!
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