For example, it is stated that approximately 313 joules will be required to remove CO2 from 1 cubic meter of air at room temperature. It will take approximately 652,000 joules to remove 1 kilogram of CO2. Given the large amount of CO2 in the atmosphere, almost 2.39×102 would be needed to reach pre-industrial levels.20 Joules are almost equal to the world’s annual energy consumption.
Moreover, according to Wired’s calculations, approximately 764 gigawatts of energy would be required to capture the 37 billion metric tons of CO2 emitted annually; This is equivalent to more than 1,000 nuclear power plants.
Such a large energy requirement means that relying solely on DAC is “not feasible”.
Source: Ferra
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