The expansion of fossil fuels threatens our climate, public health and economic prosperity. It necessitates an end to new fossil fuel infrastructure and production, along with a managed decline of the industry. To stay alive, the fossil fuel industry is pushing a number of policies that further investment in fossil fuels, under the guise of addressing the climate crisis. Chief …
To Cut Emissions to Zero, U.S. Needs To Make Big Changes in Next 10 Years
By Brad Plumer December 15, 2020
Direct CO2 capture machines could use half of all energy used worldwide today and ‘a quarter of global energy’ in 2100
22 July 2019, Direct CO2 capture machines could use ‘a quarter of global energy’ in 2100, NEGATIVE EMISSIONS Machines that suck CO2 directly from the air could cut the cost of meeting global climate goals, a new study finds, but they would need as much as a quarter of global energy supplies in 2100. The research, published today in Nature Communications, is …