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How Much Energy Would It Take to Pull Carbon Dioxide out of the Air? (www.wired.com)
submitted 5 months ago by jeffw to c/technology
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[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It's way less than that. 2.39x10^20 is around 4% of 5.8x10^21. Not even close to "almost as much". Looks like the authors don't know their powers of 10. So if we dedicate 5% of the total energy for one year it could theoretically be done.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Assuming a 100% efficient CO2 capture system...

Here's an actual carbon capture system, I have mo idea how efficient or practical it is.