Carbon Capture: Is It time To Say It Actually Works?

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This episode explores the potential of carbon capture and whether it's time to give this promising technology a chance. Listen to learn more about carbon capture and its potential to fight climate change.

Modern carbon capture technology is basically this Carbon dioxide scrubber on a bigger scale - like this plant in South India. First, the polluted air is sucked into the industrial system through internal fans. After being cleaned for impurities, it is transported towards the absorption plant. Where it is cooled and then sent through a liquid solvent that absorbs Carbon dioxide, which is then moved further into the plant for processing, while the clean air, which is mostly only water vapour is now released. The Carbon dioxide is later stripped out of the solvent and can be used to make other products like soda ash. Hundreds of pilots , small-scale facilities, and over 50 large-scale plants worldwide are currently doing this.