It's interesting to try to turn CO2 into a formate instead of a carbonate as is typically done afaik, but CCS is still graft. It's kind of an interesting exploration as a hypothetical for a world decades in the future that has huge energy surpluses from their wind farms during storms or w/e, but mostly this is a techno-utopian distraction
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Given our current emissions trajectory (crappy) and assuming we survive the journey to net zero (big if), CCS will be necessary to bring us back to the holocene sweet spot in a reasonable time frame, so it can't hurt to do the research. But it's definitely bad when used as an excuse for oil companies to keep drilling.
Yeah like I say the research doesn't hurt, but you really have to imagine a science fiction scenario for us to have enough surplus energy lying around to make a dent in the atmosphere. Talking about CCS as some sort of solution to anything is irresponsible unless functionally free energy is on the horizon
Well good thing fusion is less than a decade away /s.
I still see there being some value as a way of smoothing demand for renewables, since storage continues to be a challenge. Excess output needs to go somewhere, so even a minor contribution is still something. Given the magnitude of the problem there isn't going to be a single solution, it's going to take a combination of consumption management, alternative fuels, afforestation and ecosystem restoration, sequestration, etc.
Blasting off into space on that sweet KOOCH