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marcosdumaytoday at 3:35 PM1 replyview on HN

> The ease of releasing CO2 is the key advantage of the new compound.

I have no idea why the journalist that wrote this article choose to highlight the carbon density of the sub-header. It's almost completely irrelevant for carbon capture plants.

Another clear benefit is that it's a liquid.

Today people mostly use the substances that you called non-reversible in research plants (AFAIK, all plants are research right now). They are perfectly reversible, but that uses a lot of energy.


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nine_ktoday at 4:26 PM

> perfectly reversible, but that uses a lot of energy

Looks like a perfect match to a solar plant, which provides basically free energy periodically. All you need is a large enough cistern to hold the liquid during night time.

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