Ken, Greg, list:
First to Greg (re just earlier message) - I recognized CRD as a typo.
Thanks.
Yes to all of Ken's remarks below .
My additional point was that "we" (geoengineering list) do have one
company which claims the more you drive with their product - the more carbon
dioxide removal (more CDR). Both carbon neutral and carbon negative.. I only
know of one biofuel company with this claim. Surprisingly, not looking for
more capital, with small factories (refineries outputting a drop-in fuel)
leaving Colorado as soon as next year: Cool Planet. They are not in the "air
capture" category of CDR approaches.
Ron
On Aug 23, 2013, at 1:30 PM, Ken Caldeira <[email protected]> wrote:
>> "The transportation sector accounts for 28 percent of greenhouse gas
>> emissions in the United States, according to U.S. EPA, so there is still a
>> critical need for a way to reduce the overall carbon dioxide produced from
>> mobile sources."
>>
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> There is a critical need to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from mobile
> sources. For the most part, the transportation can be electrified and the
> electricity sector can be decarbonized.
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> The transportation power needs that cannot be met by electricity (e.g.,
> perhaps aviation) can be met by biofuels.
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> If air capture of CO2 can compete with emissions reduction on cost (broadly
> interpreted), great. But to get near to zero CO2 emissions, there is no
> necessity for air capture.
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> On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 11:38 AM, Ronal W. Larson <[email protected]>
> wrote:
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> On Aug 23, 2013, at 12:05 PM, "Rau, Greg" <[email protected]> wrote:
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> Greg etal:
>
> This is to comment on a line in the EE report you posed, which said:
>> "The transportation sector accounts for 28 percent of greenhouse gas
>> emissions in the United States, according to U.S. EPA, so there is still a
>> critical need for a way to reduce the overall carbon dioxide produced from
>> mobile sources."
>>
>> I hope there are others, but the company Cool Planet <www.coolplanet.com>
>> is proposing exactly this. Perhaps surprisingly, their concept goes
>> beyond "reduce" (which it does); it also "removes" (via a co-product
>> biochar). This is a well-funded company, with aggressive expansion plans,
>> perhaps putting refineries in the field within a few years..
>
> Ron
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