Interesting news coming out of the US, with researchers announcing a process to strip 6000kg or carbon form the atmosphere to produce 1000kg of ethylene.
Why is this important, we use ethylene to make plastics, everything from food packaging to vinyl siding for housing. You could have packaging and building products that are effectively net-negative carbon, taking more carbon out of the atmosphere than they create, assuming the do-gooders don't ban the plastics in such products.
If it can be scaled it's a huge game changer, but I'm cynical as it has to scale and it has to make it past woke politics.
I bet there is a shift in the debate regarding carbon capture and storage, the anti-CCS supporters will need to shift in emphasis against some other aspect of mining or energy production.
What will be the anti-xxx debate if it turns out you can use this process to produce solar PV panels which is net carbon negative from the very first day, not just after a decade or two of continuous use, rather than using solar PV structures made from carbon emitting metals, ceramics and glasses.
Why is this important, we use ethylene to make plastics, everything from food packaging to vinyl siding for housing. You could have packaging and building products that are effectively net-negative carbon, taking more carbon out of the atmosphere than they create, assuming the do-gooders don't ban the plastics in such products.
If it can be scaled it's a huge game changer, but I'm cynical as it has to scale and it has to make it past woke politics.
I bet there is a shift in the debate regarding carbon capture and storage, the anti-CCS supporters will need to shift in emphasis against some other aspect of mining or energy production.
What will be the anti-xxx debate if it turns out you can use this process to produce solar PV panels which is net carbon negative from the very first day, not just after a decade or two of continuous use, rather than using solar PV structures made from carbon emitting metals, ceramics and glasses.
"Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck ....... Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck"