Indirect air capture would be when the industrial process doesn't capture CO2, eg crushing rock, planting seeds, etc.
A On 25 May 2017 01:25, "Greg Rau" <[email protected]> wrote: > In more that 140 characters: Direct Air Capture has come to mean any > abiotic method of removing CO2 from air in which the end product is > concentrated CO2. It is not an accurate term because any method of > capturing CO2 from air is direct removal - a photosynthesizing plant cell, > a pan of concentrated NaOH, a weathering rock. Or please define for me what > Indirect Air Capture is. ;-) > Greg > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Christophe Jospe <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Wednesday, May 24, 2017 2:03 PM > *Subject:* [geo] #WhatIsDAC? > > Hi Group, > > I'd like to try a social online experiment with this group (against my > better judgement of not wanting to be pigeon-holed into advocating for one > specific geoengineering solution). Sure, it's in part self-motivated > because I just published an article entitled "what is direct air capture > <http://carbonalist.com/2017/05/what-is-direct-air-capture-pt1/>? (part > 1)" and I plan on continuing to answer that question in future posts. I > always like it when more people read what I have to say. However, I would > much rather increase the number of people who are asking that question, > irrespective of any online recognition, and pull out of the wood work > others who are well positioned to answer that question. > > My personal viewpoint is that direct air capture is NOT a silver bullet to > solving climate change, nor something that will necessarily work at scale, > nor is better positioned than any of the other many concepts presented in > this group. During the few short years when I was working inside that > industry for the Center for Negative Carbon Emissions, I gathered a lot of > anecdotal information and now feel compelled to get it out through the > blogging section on my website. I do think that as an "out there" > technology, the approach provides a unique hook for people who are just > beginning to think about carbon dioxide removal - or geoengineering more > broadly and can expand the number of people who want to engage with this > community. > > I started a hashtag #WhatIsDAC on twitter. If you have positive, negative, > or inquistive feelings about the topic - please express them in 140 > characters. Let's collectively see where it goes! > > Christophe > > -- > Christophe Jospe > LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/pub/christophe-jospe/20/664/9a> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "geoengineering" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/geoengineering. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "geoengineering" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/geoengineering. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "geoengineering" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/geoengineering. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
