▲ 349 ▼ In a U.S. First, a Commercial Plant Starts Pulling Carbon From the Air (www.nytimes.com) submitted 2 years ago by jeffw@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 66 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] theluddite@lemmy.ml 10 points 2 years ago (1 child) Yup. It's a technological antisolution. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.de 2 points 2 years ago An argument is that this is what we should use excess green electricity for. But it does not make sense to run such expensive equipment only a few hours each day. I prefer matching the supply to demand with hydro storage, not to mention that most grids are nowhere near 100% renewable. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.de 2 points 2 years ago An argument is that this is what we should use excess green electricity for. But it does not make sense to run such expensive equipment only a few hours each day. I prefer matching the supply to demand with hydro storage, not to mention that most grids are nowhere near 100% renewable. permalink fedilink source parent