• Birch@sh.itjust.works
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    1 day ago

    Currently it costs direct air capture startup “Climeworks” about 1200 usd to remove one metric ton of CO2 from the atmosphere, the average human directly emits about 0.8 kg of CO2 a day (just through breathing).

    Thus, breathing costs 1 USD a day to offset using “Direct Air Capture”.

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      1 day ago

      It said price, not cost. Now no one will solve climate change because the price is beneath cost.