The project, run by ethanol producer Archer Daniels Midland and partners, received $281 million in taxpayer dollars via Department of Energy grants. It has stored more than 2.8 million metric tons of CO2 since 2011. However, EPA records show that represents a capture rate of only about 10-12 percent of the plant’s emissions each year at most, allowing the rest of the carbon dioxide to escape into the atmosphere. This small percentage raises questions about whether industrial-scale carbon capture technology can be a meaningful solution to global warming.
  • Blackout
    44•12 days ago

    These projects are just scams to place the responsibility on the individual and get them to pay for a false solution.

    • ormr
      4•11 days ago

      Are there some studies to back that claim?

        • ormr
          1•8 days ago

          Okay, I’ll believe that right away. I thought you were maybe talking about the technology in general. But now it seems like you were referring to these particular projects which are are abused for greenwashing instead of research and continuous improvement.

  • @Nighed@sffa.communityEnglish
    2•11 days ago

    So this is that 90% of a factories CO2 emissions are not being captured by it’s on site carbon capture facility. (Not that the carbon capture plant is releasing emissions).

    On my (quick) read of the article, I don’t think it said why that was. Was the plant at capacity, or did it have headroom, but the CO2 was just not being effectively captured to be stored?