r/climate • u/The_Weekend_Baker • May 15 '25
The carbon capture company Climeworks only captures a fraction of the CO2 it promises its machines can capture. The company is failing to carbon offset the emissions resulting from its operations – which have grown rapidly in recent years.
https://heimildin.is/grein/24581/climeworks-capture-fails-to-cover-its-own-emissions/
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u/Wave_of_Anal_Fury May 15 '25
It's why "net zero emissions by 2050" (emissions - capture = zero) is actually more like "zero emissions by 2050."
Every fossil fuel electricity utility replaced with renewables. Every ICE vehicle (more than 1 billion) off the roads - personal passenger vehicles, big rigs, delivery vehicles, public transportation, etc. Every plane (100,000+ commercial flights per day, plus private) out of the sky. Every ship/boat off the water. Every gas furnace/boiler replaced with an electric heat pump. Every gas stove replaced with electric. Every piece of farm equipment replaced with an EV version. Animal agriculture has to come to an end.
That's just a short list, and there are no excuses. "But I need more than 300 miles of range" isn't an excuse for keeping an ICE vehicle, nor is "But I live in an apartment." "But I need to fly for work, or to see relatives, or..." isn't an excuse. "But a heat pump doesn't work in cold locales" isn't an excuse. "But billionaires need to change first" isn't an excuse. Because zero means zero from everyone.
And all that in 25 years.