Visualizing the scale of the carbon removal problem

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Visualizing the scale of the carbon removal problem
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Two new reports make the case for a big build-out of controversial climate tech.

But this kind of carbon removal is still being done at a very small scale. There are just 18 direct air capture facilities spread across Canada, Europe, and the United States. Altogether, they can capture just 0.01 million metric tons of CO2. To avoid the worst effects of climate change, we need a lot more facilities with much larger capacity, according to a recentfrom the International Energy Agency .

Fast forward to 2030, and if the IEA’s vision comes true, there’ll be a lot more of those giant facilities. The blue and orange boxes below represent 85 million metric tons of captured CO2, the IEA’s goal for the end of the decade. But 2030 is just a milestone on the way to a much bigger goal. By 2050, if the best-case scenario plays out,That means ditching fossil fuels, first and foremost. (For this scenario to work out, carbon removal can’t become a crutch for the fossil fuel industry — something activists are very

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