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Biofuels

CleanTechnica Report: A case study into a technology that should be set aside until 2050, Carbon Engineering’s air-to-fuel fig leaf

Researching air-carbon capture for use post-2050 remains a very good means of establishing the intellectual capital and basic technologies for when it makes sense...

Michael BarnardOctober 28, 2019

Climate Change

“That Was Quick” Category: Carbon Engineering Partners With Occidental To Pump More Oil

As predicted, Carbon Engineering's air-carbon capture solution to be used by oil majors such as Occidental for enhanced oil recovery to no climate benefit.

Michael BarnardMay 23, 2019

Aviation

Chevron’s Fig Leaf Part 8: Carbon Engineering’s Diesel? Just Put Energy Into Tesla Semi Instead

If Carbon Engineering is making e-diesel, driving the same distance in a freight truck would cost at least 6.5 times as much and have...

Michael BarnardMay 4, 2019

Cars

Chevron’s Fig Leaf Part 7: Carbon Engineering’s Fuel Is At Best 25x The Cost, 35x The CO2 Emissions Compared To An EV

Carbon Engineering will produce transportation fuels that cost 18-25 times more and have 22-35 the CO2e emissions as just using electricity in an EV

Michael BarnardApril 27, 2019

Cars

Chevron’s Fig Leaf Part 6: Carbon Engineering’s Air-To-Fuel Plan Is Even Worse

Carbon Engineering is planning to build high-cost and comparatively high-emission transportation fuels by combining their expensive CO2 with hydrogen which they will get via...

Michael BarnardApril 26, 2019

Climate Change

Chevron’s Fig Leaf Part 5: Who Is Behind Carbon Engineering, & What Do Experts Say?

Air carbon capture, especially as Carbon Engineering is doing it, is a fig leaf for the fossil fuel industry.

Michael BarnardApril 20, 2019

Climate Change

Chevron’s Fig Leaf Part 4: Carbon Engineering’s Only Market Is Pumping More Oil

Carbon Engineering's solution is only useful in tapped-out oil wells and as greenwashing for fossil fuel companies.

Michael BarnardApril 19, 2019

Climate Change

Chevron’s Fig Leaf Part 3: Carbon Engineering’s Scale & Power Problems

Carbon Engineering's solution would require 2-kilometer long, 20 meter high walls of noisy fans to capture 4 orders of magnitude less carbon than would...

Michael BarnardApril 14, 2019

Climate Change

Chevron’s Fig Leaf Part 2: Carbon Engineering Burns Gas For 0.5 Tons Of CO2 For Each Ton Captured

Carbon Engineering's solution is a natural gas hog that produces a half ton of new CO2 for each ton captured from the air.

Michael BarnardApril 13, 2019

Climate Change

Chevron’s Fig Leaf Part 1: Carbon Engineering Burns Natural Gas To Capture Carbon From The Air

To scale to an inadequate million tons of CO2 a year, the company would need 2,000 two-meter fans blowing air into contactors in an...

Michael BarnardApril 12, 2019

Clean Power

Carbon Capture’s Other Dirty Secret: Nowhere To Put It (Part 2 of 2)

Failure to address CCS problems of magnitude, physics of underground storage, and resultant costs is a policy failure of staggering proportions.

Michael BarnardSeptember 30, 2021

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Biofuels

CleanTechnica Report: A case study into a technology that should be set aside until 2050, Carbon Engineering’s air-to-fuel fig leaf

Climate Change

“That Was Quick” Category: Carbon Engineering Partners With Occidental To Pump More Oil

Aviation

Chevron’s Fig Leaf Part 8: Carbon Engineering’s Diesel? Just Put Energy Into Tesla Semi Instead

Cars

Chevron’s Fig Leaf Part 7: Carbon Engineering’s Fuel Is At Best 25x The Cost, 35x The CO2 Emissions Compared To An EV

Cars

Chevron’s Fig Leaf Part 6: Carbon Engineering’s Air-To-Fuel Plan Is Even Worse

Climate Change

Chevron’s Fig Leaf Part 5: Who Is Behind Carbon Engineering, & What Do Experts Say?

Climate Change

Chevron’s Fig Leaf Part 4: Carbon Engineering’s Only Market Is Pumping More Oil

Climate Change

Chevron’s Fig Leaf Part 3: Carbon Engineering’s Scale & Power Problems

Climate Change

Chevron’s Fig Leaf Part 2: Carbon Engineering Burns Gas For 0.5 Tons Of CO2 For Each Ton Captured

Climate Change

Chevron’s Fig Leaf Part 1: Carbon Engineering Burns Natural Gas To Capture Carbon From The Air

Clean Power

Carbon Capture’s Other Dirty Secret: Nowhere To Put It (Part 2 of 2)