Reposted by Mary D. Willis
We have a new study out, with Yannai Kashtan at PSE Healthy Energy, @marydwillis.bsky.social, and a bunch of people not on here. In this paper we looked at how cost effective direct air capture is at reducing carbon in the atmosphere compared to deploying renewables www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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Direct air capture has substantial health and climate opportunity costs - Communications Sustainability
Renewable energy remains more cost effective for climate and health outcomes than direct air capture except under highly optimistic technology improvements, according to cost equivalent modeling acros...