So why can/do we not capture the CO2 directly where it is released? For example for cars directly at the exhaust? Or for coal power plants at the chillen? Wouldn‘t it be much more effective to capture the CO2 there instead of trying to filter it out of the atmosphere?
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1. Cost. Catching, handling and disposing of all the waste gas is expensive. Put it on a car and, rough guess, 5x the cost of fuel. If it even works.
2. What do we do with it? Remember, we’re taking every atom of carbon we burn and adding 2 oxygen atoms to it. Effectively we have created 200% more waste than input. *We have nowhere to put it all*
3. Wasting even more energy to handle the waste. Gas companies are going to love this.
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