Large-Scale Carbon Capture An Illusion For Oil And Gas Companies

24 Nov 2023 | Abstracted from Yahoo

"Assuming that fossil fuel consumption continues under current projections, the oil and gas industry would need to capture and store an 'entirely inconceivable' 32 billion tonnes of carbon and remove 23 billion tonnes via direct air capture by 2050...This would require more electricity than is used by the entire world today."

"Their smoke and mirrors game with carbon capture and forest offsets is no longer fooling anyone."

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