RE: Switzerland is pulling carbon dioxide directly from the air - and using it to grow plants!
Very interesting technology, and an excellent writeup of the same. I had a brief professional encouter with CCS tech a while ago. Whilst there are many promising technologies (like this one) that could help reduce CO2 levels in the atmosphere, there is no driving economic mechanism in place that would lead to effective CO2 reduction on a large scale. Unless industries see that there is a real economic incentive to implement CCS, I believe large scale CCs is never going to happen. The challenge is mostly a political one, not a technological one. Today it is virtyally free (yes there are some small fees and taxes in some countries) to release CO2 into the atmosphere. But if there was a significant cost linked to CO2 release, then I believe we would see change that would make a real impact.
I would say that I agree. Although the amounts that are being able to be captured now and the use they are being put to are amazing, I think that in the bigger picture it looks to be more of a gimmick than anything else unfortunately. But it is still a step in the right direction. At the end of the day though we can invent whatever technology we want, but if we don’t each change ourselves and the carbon footprint each person leaves behind, we will just carry on p****ng into the wind 🤷🏼♂️