The United States officially has its first commercial Direct Air Capture facility! Today we welcomed U.S. Secretary of @ENERGY, Jennifer M Granholm, and California Lieutenant Governor, Eleni Kounalakis, to unveil a facility in our home state of California where we'll capture and lock away CO2 from the atmosphere. Powered by 100% renewable energy supplied by PG&E and Ava Community Energy, constructed with union labor, backed by catalytic buyers of best-in-class carbon removal, and built in partnership with the City and community of Tracy, this first facility is our blueprint for responsible removal at billion-ton scale and beyond. With a capture capacity of up to 1,000 tons per year, the CO2 captured at this facility will go for storage in concrete with our partner @CarbonCure so that it cannot continue heating the planet. This facility is more than a labor of love from the engineers, researchers, chemists, construction workers, scientists, managers, assistants, policy wonks, and architects who made it possible –– it is a promise of what is possible when committed people come together to get things done, and a promise that we will keep building today, tomorrow, and every day after until we’ve realized our vision of a safer and more stable climate. You can read more about the technology, partnerships, and people behind this facility here: heirloomcarbon.com/news/heirloom-…
@heirloomcarbon @ENERGY How much CO2 was emitted to build this monstrosity?
Let’s be clear “up to 1000t” is = to 200 gas cars. I’m truly wishful that we could someday capture GHG from atmosphere. But these proclamations of are dangerous misdirections in the face of the most urgent challenges in the history of humanity. Wishful thinking is not a solution. “We already have the science of what; We need a new science of HOW.” @GlobalEcoGuy
@heirloomcarbon @ENERGY Only 1000 tons? 🤣🤣🤣 1000 trees would do a better job, nice scam though!
@heirloomcarbon @ENERGY A total waste of time and resources.
@heirloomcarbon @ENERGY Baffling alternative:
@heirloomcarbon @ENERGY You guys are complete clowns
@heirloomcarbon @ENERGY Or they could have just planted more trees.
@heirloomcarbon @ENERGY ONE THOUSAND WHOLE TONS?
@heirloomcarbon @ENERGY It's early-stage, and understandably, costs are still high. Nonetheless, how much in initial investment did this need to become operational (pre-tax credits), and what are the annual operating costs? That info does not seem to be provided anywhere.
@heirloomcarbon @ENERGY Nature "invented" the same thing ~360 million years ago