Illinois Carbon Capture Project Captures Almost No Carbon
Carbon capture holds tremendous promise — if it works. But in the real world, it doesn’t and is costing taxpayers billions.
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BCG Purchases 50,000+ Tonnes Of Carbon Removal Through ClimeFi
Boston Consulting Group (BCG) has announced the purchase of 50,250 tonnes of carbon dioxide removals (CDRs) through ClimeFi, a portfolio manager specializing in permanent carbon removal. This transaction brings BCG’s total CDR purchases to nearly 200,000 tonnes, placing the firm among the top 10 global buyers of durable carbon removal … [continued]
UN Agreements On Oceanic Geoengineering Don’t Cover Dominant Land-Based Systems
This morning I had an excellent conversation with a lawyer with a maritime environmental non-governmental organization, Stephanie Hewson at the West Coast Environmental Law Association. She is preparing to testify to one of the highest legislative bodies in the country that they are based in, Canada’s Senate, regarding concerns about … [continued]
MIT Researchers Develop New Process For Turning Carbon Dioxide Into Ethylene
Ethylene is one of those substances that acts as a precursor to hundreds, maybe thousands, of useful products. According to Wikipedia, it is a hydrocarbon like carbon dioxide but with the formula C2H4, or H2C=CH2. It is a colorless, flammable gas with a faint “sweet and musky” odor when pure. … [continued]
Giant Bubble Of CO2 To Store Renewable Energy For At Least 10 Hours
The Italian firm Energy Dome’s “CO2 Batteries” deploy carbon dioxide to cut the cost of long duration energy storage systems for wind farms and solar arrays.
Improved Direct Air Capture of CO2 Leads the Small Chemical Change to Reap Big Climate…
Research shows improved direct air capture of CO2 using charged molecule layers. Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have demonstrated that small molecular tweaks to surfaces can improve absorption technology for direct air capture, or DAC, of carbon dioxide. Amino acids, which react readily with CO2 and are environmentally friendly, … [continued]
Electrolyzing Carbon Dioxide Out Of Sea Water Has Multiple Red Flags
In recent months I’ve returned to the overlapping subjects of geoengineering and carbon capture, both of which I’d mostly satisfied myself about years ago. Both, however, are re-ascending the hype scale and at least for aspects of geoengineering, my curiosity was unsatisfied.
Carbon Dioxide, Radio Isotopes, The Keeling Curve, And The Greatest Cover Up In History
New research shows the fossil fuel and auto industries were fully aware of the damage their products were doing as early as 1954.
New CO2 Energy Storage System Could Blow Past Li-Ion
This new CO2-based long duration energy storage system from the Italian startup Energy Dome will blow past conventional lithium-ion battery systems, if all goes according to plan.
A Tiny Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Turbine Can Power 10,000 Homes
A high tech supercritical carbon dioxide power plant is taking shape behind the walls of a modest building in Texas, with the potential to lower the cost of concentrating solar power systems.
