Relax - National Academy of Sciences Has Plan to Save the World

[cc]

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HOW DOES THE RADICAL NEW SYSTEM WORK?

Direct air capture technology works almost exactly like it sounds.



Giant fans draw ambient air into contact with an aqueous solution that picks out and traps carbon dioxide.



Through heating and a handful of familiar chemical reactions, that same carbon dioxide is re-extracted and ready for further use -as a carbon source for making valuable chemicals like fuels, or for storage via a sequestration strategy of choice.



[Their drawing may be too technically complex for some of you regular folk to understand]

[Anonymous]

Just across the US. I thought it was global warming.

[cc]

Possibly you have been mislead



However, according to them, last year the world put nearly 37 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide into the air, ....



The US put 5, so "one small step for ....................... mankind"

[kiebers]

How about we irrigate the deserts and put plants to work doing what they do best? Yeah I know...LOL

[Anonymous]

Possibly you have been mislead



However, according to them, last year the world put nearly 37 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide into the air, ....



The US put 5, so "one small step for ....................... mankind"

No, I was being sarcastic.

[Anonymous]

How about we irrigate the deserts and put plants to work doing what they do best? Yeah I know...LOL

Putting a price on "pollution" is the most effective way to save the planet. Trudeau wouldn't lie.

[Bricktop]

Yes. Because putting a price on drugs sure fixed that problem.

[Frood]

CO2 is like steroids for plant life. Good to see that they're prosecuting a war on ecological doping.

[Bricktop]

No CO2, we all die.

[cc]

Hmm .. Guess I shoulda titled this "Doomsday Plot"

[Bricktop]

This illustration provided by Carbon Engineering in October 2018 shows one of the designs of the company's air contactor assemblies to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2018/10/24/22/5376940-6312463-This_illustration_provided_by_Carbon_Engineering_in_October_2018-m-43_1540415945031.jpg">

I have a question.



What is the power source to drive such huge fans?



 ac_umm

[Frood]

Progressive tears in a molten salt solar plant.

[Bricktop]

They will need a LOT of tears. That sucker would need the power output equivalent to that of a small city.



Of course, they may wish to use solar, which means no power at night or on grey days. Ditto wind...no wind, no power.

[cc]

This illustration provided by Carbon Engineering in October 2018 shows one of the designs of the company's air contactor assemblies to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2018/10/24/22/5376940-6312463-This_illustration_provided_by_Carbon_Engineering_in_October_2018-m-43_1540415945031.jpg">

I have a question.



What is the power source to drive such huge fans?



 ac_umm

Good question and my first thot. (maybe coal fired electricity?   )  



Imagine cost of building them, power (whatever the source) and powerlines, wear and tear / parts replacement etc. etc.



These climateers are whacky .. and obsessed to the point of loosing any reason they might have once had

[Anonymous]

No CO2, we all die.

Our prime minister calls it pollution.

 :001_rolleyes: