What the direct
air capture field seems to need most urgently is demand for zero - emission concentrated CO2.
Not exact matches
Composed of
field recordings collected throughout the city, the sound
captures the dynamic energy of signals and particles — both technological and ecological — which surround us and encompass the movement of business transactions,
air pollution, traffic, street sounds, and other palpable evidence of an industrialized port city.
In the near term, federal policy could: i) level the playing
field between
air captured CO2 and fossil - fuel derived CO2 by providing subsidies or credits for superior carbon lifecycle emissions that account for recovering carbon from the atmosphere; ii) provide additional research funding into
air capture R&D initiatives, along with other areas of carbon removal, which have historically been unable to secure grants; and iii) ensure
air capture is deployed in a manner that leads to sustainable net - negative emissions pathways in the future, within the framework of near - term national emissions reductions, and securing 2 °C - avoiding emissions trajectories.
This flurry of commercial activity around direct
air capture is likely to come as a surprise to many in the climate
field.