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[–] fubarx@lemmy.world 51 points 2 days ago (15 children)

It takes twice as much electrical energy to produce energy in the form of gasoline.

We lose money on every sale, but make it up on volume!

[–] ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com 30 points 2 days ago (10 children)

Sustainable energy is the key to making the Aircela machine practical and cost-effective. Running it on the grid from coal or natural gas power plants defeats the purpose of removing carbon from the air, and the electricity will cost more, too.

The company themselves even state that this is supposed to be driven by solar/wind, otherwise it makes no sense. This is regular PtX but in SFF for modular small scale deployment.

[–] rmuk@feddit.uk 8 points 2 days ago (5 children)

Yeah, put these in Iceland, Scotland or the Sahara where there's virtually unlimited zero-carbon power available and they make a world of sense.

[–] Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com -3 points 2 days ago

I didn't know the machine needed no maintenance and that its own life cycle was carbon neutral. TIL/s

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