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sfn42today at 2:46 PM2 repliesview on HN

The thing people don't think about with regards to CO2 capture is that you have to get the atmosphere in order to capture CO2 from it. You essentially have to suck the entire atmosphere into these carbon capture facilities.

Using something like this to capture carbon from an exhaust pipe might be viable, but scrubbing CO2 out of the atmosphere is not even remotely viable. There's just too much air out there.


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j_maffetoday at 3:30 PM

Gasses diffuse through the air very quickly. Having a few high-volume extraction points would be enough long-term.

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cjbenedikttoday at 2:48 PM

You can actually capture CO2 from sea water thereby reducing ocean acidification and improving its capability to continue as our planets biggest CO2 sink.

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