@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 25 days agoHow Much Energy Would It Take to Pull Carbon Dioxide out of the Air?www.wired.comexternal-linkmessage-square72fedilinkarrow-up1156arrow-down15
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish8•24 days agoIt’s way less than that. 2.39x10^20 is around 4% of 5.8x10^21. Not even close to “almost as much”. Looks like the authors don’t know their powers of 10. So if we dedicate 5% of the total energy for one year it could theoretically be done.
minus-square@sugar_in_your_tealinkEnglish2•22 days agoAssuming a 100% efficient CO2 capture system… Here’s an actual carbon capture system, I have mo idea how efficient or practical it is.
It’s way less than that. 2.39x10^20 is around 4% of 5.8x10^21. Not even close to “almost as much”. Looks like the authors don’t know their powers of 10. So if we dedicate 5% of the total energy for one year it could theoretically be done.
Assuming a 100% efficient CO2 capture system…
Here’s an actual carbon capture system, I have mo idea how efficient or practical it is.