I know that there is ‘legacy carbon’ in the atmosphere that needs to get removed but why aren’t we leveraging carbon capture as part of industrial processes (e.g. at the factory’s smoke stack, for example). Or maybe we are already?
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It’s expensive and non competitive. Amine absorbers on stacks is terribly inefficient due to the low concentrations of CO2 in the flue gas. Also, the additional capital cost associated with building a unit that provides no monetary value is like a boat anchor to a commercial enterprise. It’s not worth it.
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