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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.

6 of 383 comments (clear)

  1. More eco-fascist climate change spam by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Remember when Slashdot was about tech and not propaganda?

  2. Re: Now we know. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    But see, that's not actually what warmists want. They want to create a flow of capital from the developed world to the undeveloped world. And a flow towards perceived "victim" parties like (for example) women.

    This technology puts the Marxists on the run.

  3. Re:I'm a MORON! by Clutch+Nixon+++0 · · Score: -1, Troll

    Stupid moron, hydrogen corrodes and degrades just about ALL METAL it comes in contact with. Only an IDIOT would pick something that is insanely difficult to store and transport and is still produced from--guess what--PETROLEUM. You're way better off trading in your yuppie Range Rover and attempting to ride a Harley V-Twin. See guide below.

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  4. Re:one trillion dollar is a bargain! by Clutch+Nixon+++0 · · Score: -1, Troll

    On a two-wheel flyer, risking everything
    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
    Clutch Nixon – In hell you were born
    Clutch Nixon – Death he did defy
    Clutch Nixon – Psycho in heaven, angel in hell

    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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    Clutch Nixon – Riding through the storm
    Clutch Nixon – In hell you were born
    Clutch Nixon – Death he did defy
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  5. Re:Now we know. by Clutch++Nixon++Z · · Score: -1, Troll

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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
    Clutch Nixon – In hell you were born
    Clutch Nixon – Death he did defy
    Clutch Nixon – Psycho in heaven, angel in hell

    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!
    Feel the engine roar!
    Feel the engine roar!
    Feel the engine roar!
    Feel the engine roar!
    Feel the engine roar!

    Clutch Nixon – Riding through the storm
    Clutch Nixon – In hell you were born
    Clutch Nixon – Death he did defy
    Clutch Nixon – Psycho in heaven, angel in hell

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  6. Re: Now we know. by Clutch++Nixon++Z · · Score: -1, Troll

    On a two-wheel flyer, risking everything
    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
    Clutch Nixon – In hell you were born
    Clutch Nixon – Death he did defy
    Clutch Nixon – Psycho in heaven, angel in hell

    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!
    Feel the engine roar!
    Feel the engine roar!
    Feel the engine roar!
    Feel the engine roar!
    Feel the engine roar!

    Clutch Nixon – Riding through the storm
    Clutch Nixon – In hell you were born
    Clutch Nixon – Death he did defy
    Clutch Nixon – Psycho in heaven, angel in hell

    Psycho in heaven, angel in hell!