Comment Comment by wilburTheDog Occidental's first DAC facility has a goal of removing 1 million tonnes of CO2 from the atmosphere per year.Global carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels and industry were 37.12 billion metric tons (GtCO₂) in 2021So we'd only need about 38,000 of these plants to remove the carbon we release into the atmosphere every year.Then there's also the over 2 trillion tons of CO2 we've already released that's currently overheating the planet. parent wilburTheDog 3 years ago
Global carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels and industry were 37.12 billion metric tons (GtCO₂) in 2021
So we'd only need about 38,000 of these plants to remove the carbon we release into the atmosphere every year.
Then there's also the over 2 trillion tons of CO2 we've already released that's currently overheating the planet.