![]() ![]() Most of the fossil gas processing plants do it too, removing some CO2 to get the gas up to pipeline spec in terms of energy content. ![]() Every liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant does it. Every hydrogen generation unit on earth does it. How do I know that CCS works "just fine"? Because the "capture" part is done routinely by the fossil fuel industry day in, day out, as a normal part of business. It's worth a watch, and is a good laugh- though not quite as good as the Juice Media one above This video does a good job of taking the mickey out of the whole "clean coal" thing, which was predicated on CCS "working". Even if you are to look at it technically, CCS works just fine- you just can't afford it, even under nearly ideal conditions. Yes CCS works just fine, in terms of extending social license for fossil fuel use, and as a marketing tool for the fossil fuel industry, and in terms of regulatory capture etc. (Warming- language might make a sailor blush!) CCS works just fine in terms of its real objectives, which are captured in this, the most accurate and concise reference in relation to CCS that I've yet come across: Let's be crystal clear here: you've likely heard people say things like "CCS doesn't work". And as a chemical engineer, I realize how preposterous it is to even think about moving minimum 1600 tonnes of air around mechanically to have the hope of removing 1 tonne of CO2 from it at 416 ppm.ĭAC: The Idiot Cousin of Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Go on sinning, folks- keep burning fossils with wanton abandon! Because some day, some bright propellor-heads will find a way to just suck our sins back out of the atmosphere!ĭo you see the danger of that fantasy? I certainly do. Hurray! The deus ex machina solution to climate change has arrived. You've all seen the images- CGIs of vast rows of giant vacuum cleaners, fixing the problems of history. What am I talking about? Direct air capture- the act of using active mechanical/chemical equipment and vast quantities of renewable energy, in a totally pointless fight against entropy, to try to suck CO2 out of the atmosphere for either durable burial or "use". yeah, I know, that last point wasn't convincing, and it really is stupid right now, but we need to work on it so it's ready when we need it.renewable energy will be super-abundant and super-cheap one day, so designs predicated on the notion of wasting vast quantities of it aren't as stupid as they might seem on their face.even once we do reach actual or near-zero fossil CO2 emissions, we'll need to "draw down" CO2 from the atmosphere to avoid the need to cope with global warming long-term.there will be fossil CO2 emissions we simply cannot eliminate.You've likely heard the sales pitch before: ![]()
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