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In a U.S. First, a Commercial Plant Starts Pulling Carbon From the Air (www.nytimes.com)

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[–] 0110010001100010@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Article is paywalled, so what is done with it after it's pulled from the air?

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[–] lntl@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

says they're going to make concrete with it because, you know, concrete is a low impact material

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[–] Five@slrpnk.net 9 points 2 years ago

Making concrete is the cover story when they're actually using the recaptured CO2 to pump more oil out of their wells.

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