“Carbon capture and storage” and “direct air capture” may sound like pleasant, productive endeavors.
But the truth is, they are indeed a wasteful distraction, doing more harm than good.
Recent analysis from Food & Water Watch indicates that direct air capture is both preposterously expensive and ultimately pointless.
Powering a direct air capture operation via traditional methods would create over three times more carbon emissions than it actually captured.
Meanwhile, diverting wind and solar energy to run carbon capture facilities would be like using clean water to power a desalination plant — a wasteful loop of stagnation.
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& Water Watch