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Short version: #DAC is not the panacea it's presented as, and deployment of DAC instead more renewable systems is no beneficial.
Well worth reading the thread, and the article summary:
https://bsky.app/pr…

Mark Z. Jacobson (@mzjacobson.bsky.social)
Yet another paper finding that Direct Air Capture is an opportunity cost that increases air pollution and climate damage relative to spending the same money on clean, renewable energy. https://www.nature.com/articles/s44458-026-00068-0 Other papers https://web.stanford.edu/group/efmh/jacobson/Articles/Others/19-CCS-DAC.pdf https://web.stanford.edu/group/efmh/jacobson/Articles/Others/19-CCS-DAC.pdf

Short version: #DAC is not the panacea it's presented as, and deployment of DAC instead more renewable systems is no beneficial.
Well worth reading the thread, and the article summary:
https://bsky.app/pr…

Mark Z. Jacobson (@mzjacobson.bsky.social)
Yet another paper finding that Direct Air Capture is an opportunity cost that increases air pollution and climate damage relative to spending the same money on clean, renewable energy. https://www.nature.com/articles/s44458-026-00068-0 Other papers https://web.stanford.edu/group/efmh/jacobson/Articles/Others/19-CCS-DAC.pdf https://web.stanford.edu/group/efmh/jacobson/Articles/Others/19-CCS-DAC.pdf