Carbon capture technology is rapidly evolving from expensive experiment to viable infrastructure, with costs dropping 80% and major projects coming online worldwide. However, success depends on treating it as a complement to emissions reduction, not a replacement for urgent decarbonization.
Direct air capture technology is transforming from science fiction to commercial reality, pulling CO₂ from the atmosphere to create carbon-negative fuels. While costs are falling and deployment is accelerating, DAC remains a critical supplement—not a replacement—for aggressive emissions reductions.
Scientists are transforming CO2, water, and renewable electricity into synthetic diesel fuel through electrochemical conversion. While current costs are double those of fossil fuels, pilot plants in Chile and Germany are proving the technology works at scale, with production costs expected to drop dramatically as the industry grows.
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