Flying Squid@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoCarbon Capture Tech Hype Is Fizzling Out, IEA Saysgizmodo.comexternal-linkmessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up1123arrow-down12
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minus-squareapplebusch@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·1 year agoIt’s even simpler to see how stupid it is. It costs more energy to capture the carbon and store it than is gained by burning it in the first place. It’s literally more energy efficient to just not burn it at all.
minus-squaresurewhynotlem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down5·1 year agoIf not burning it were an option, we’d be doing that. But we aren’t, so it isn’t. So we need to do something with the stuff in the air…
minus-squareSkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoNot burning it is an option though. …it's just cheaper not to. If you ignore the externalities for it. Which we do.
It’s even simpler to see how stupid it is. It costs more energy to capture the carbon and store it than is gained by burning it in the first place. It’s literally more energy efficient to just not burn it at all.
If not burning it were an option, we’d be doing that. But we aren’t, so it isn’t.
So we need to do something with the stuff in the air…
Not burning it is an option though.
…it's just cheaper not to. If you ignore the externalities for it. Which we do.