Is Carbon Removal a Realistic Climate Solution?

06 Jun 2022 | Abstracted from Yahoo News

"There are currently about 20 DAC plants in operation around the world. Together, they are capable of pulling roughly 0.01 million metric tons of CO2 out of the air per year, a tiny fraction of 980 million metric tons that will be needed each year by 2050...

"...one expert estimated that the largest plant currently in operation can only capture 'three seconds worth of humanity's CO2 emissions' in a year."

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