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In a U.S. First, a Commercial Plant Starts Pulling Carbon From the Air (www.nytimes.com)
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[โ€“] o_0@slrpnk.net 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

absolute bullshit, it burns more in carbon to run those machines than it takes out, this is making shit worse at an accelerated pace

[โ€“] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 5 points 11 months ago

You might want to read the article more carefully.

At the California plant, workers heat limestone to 1,650 degrees Fahrenheit in a kiln powered by renewable electricity.

Direct-air carbon capture has its fair share of problems to overcome before it can become a practical solution, but any such process must obviously be powered by renewables. To do otherwise would be pointless.