Climeworks has just opened the world’s largest direct carbon capture plant. It can suck around 36,000 tons of CO2 from the air each year, burying it underground.
  • alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml
    136·
    6 months ago

    Where is it burying that CO2? In oil wells? Nearly all carbon capture projects are just greenwashing oil extraction.

    • Bauernlinks@natur.23.nu
      8·
      6 months ago

      Tey press it in the ground near volcsnos where it turns into limestone. The plant is powered by geothermal.

    • sbv@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      5·
      6 months ago

      I don’t think there’s a lot of oil around volcanos. Iceland isn’t known for it, at least.