{"id":325130,"date":"2024-05-01T09:42:45","date_gmt":"2024-05-01T07:42:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=325130"},"modified":"2024-05-01T09:42:47","modified_gmt":"2024-05-01T07:42:47","slug":"britain-must-spend-30bn-to-strip-co2-from-atmosphere-and-hit-net-zero-experts-warn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=325130","title":{"rendered":"Britain must spend \u00a330bn to strip CO2 from atmosphere and hit net zero, experts\u00a0warn"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Britain must invest \u00a330bn in a network of massive air cleansing <\/em>systems designed to strip CO2 from the atmosphere<\/em><\/a> if it is to reach net zero, a government-funded report has warned.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The \u201cdirect air carbon capture systems\u201d would remove up to 48 million tonnes of CO2 from the air each year and then pump it into disused oil and gas reservoirs under the North Sea or Irish Sea.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Without such a scheme the UK will never reach <\/em>its target of net zero emissions by 2050<\/em><\/a>, according to the report by Energy Systems Catapult, a government-funded body that promotes innovation.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It also warns that direct capture will be essential if the UK is to maintain an aviation industry, because aircraft are unlikely ever to <\/em>run entirely on sustainable fuels<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBeyond 2040 we see few options to abate remaining emissions so use of direct air carbon capture and storage (DACCS) will be required,\u201d it said.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDirect air capture would collect 38-48 million tonnes of CO2 a year by 2050. This technology appears to be essential to meeting net zero in all our scenarios and yet remains unproven at scale.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Direct air capture plants would need to be built along the UK\u2019s east coast, from East Anglia to Aberdeen, so that the CO2 captured could be <\/em>pumped to storage sites under the North Sea<\/em><\/a>, the study said.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Climate Change Committee, which advises the Government, has described direct air capture as \u201ca necessity, not an option\u201d, for the UK to meet its net zero targets.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Department for Energy Security and Net Zero spokesman said removing greenhouse gases from the atmosphere was essential in helping the UK achieve energy security and independence.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The spokesman added: \u201cThe UK has one of the greatest CO2 storage potentials of any country in the world, with the North Sea having the potential to hold an estimated 78 billion tonnes. We are tapping into this potential by investing \u00a320bn in carbon capture and storage, driving economic growth and supporting up to 50,000 jobs.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are also investing up to \u00a3100m in research and innovation for greenhouse gas removal technologies such as Direct Air Capture.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/business\/2024\/04\/28\/britain-30bn-strip-co2-atmosphere-hit-net-zero<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If the Government has any backbone, it would throw this report in the bin, and assure the public it will not under any circumstances waste taxpayers\u2019 money on green virtue signalling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After all, if aviation emissions cannot be eliminated, this means the rest of the world will be in the same position, so why should we pay for something which will make no difference?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And as the report admits, they have no idea how or whether this daft idea will actually work. So they also have no idea of its cost \u2013 it might be \u00a330bn, or it might be \u00a3300bn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No sane government, (which would rule out one with Ed Miliband in charge!) should even contemplate going down this avenue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Quite where DESNZ gets the idea that \u201cremoving greenhouse gases from the atmosphere was essential in helping the UK achieve energy security and independence<\/em>\u201d is a mystery! Indeed, these carbon capture devices won\u2019t run on moonshine \u2013 they will need energy, and lots of it, in turn reducing our energy security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And as one commenter points out, the report does no come from a \u201cpromoter of innovation\u201d, but a govt funded climate change advocacy group:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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