Jennifer Wilcox: How Can We Remove CO2 From The Atmosphere? Will We Do It In Time?

Won't work. First, Wilcox skips over the very premise of her entire talk. She claims carbon capture processes will slow climate change. No proof offered that the climate is changing beyond normal natural causes. No proof that CO2 is harmful. No proof that all her proposals will do what she claims they do. Second, she skips over what all the thermal energy required to do what she wants done will do to the environment. Third, the entire cost is grossly underestimated and results overestimated.

I saw her in a Ted Talk and I have the same concerns as LTJG Richard Bruce

One way to remove CO2 is by planting a tree. All plants need CO2 to live and grow, so you can help feed the population and reduce CO2 by planting a vegetable garden. Plants are quite good at it, and lack the cost and negative second-order effects of using powerful chemicals. Her solution is quite expensive, in dollars, in energy, and in land usage. Imagine vast fields of these capture walls, pressure fans, and strong chemical binders. Now imagine forests.