“Direct air capture is expensive, unproven, and will ultimately make almost no difference in reducing climate pollution… Capturing just a quarter of our annual carbon emissions would require all of the power currently generated in the country.”
“Direct air capture is expensive, unproven, and will ultimately make almost no difference in reducing climate pollution… Capturing just a quarter of our annual carbon emissions would require all of the power currently generated in the country.”
That one possible catch to carbon capture projects is that it could also inadvertently give a justification for putting more carbon in the air.
It isn’t inadvertent. The primary purpose of carbon capture projects is to provide green cover for fossil fuel companies.