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by tzs 857 days ago
If I did my back of the envelope math right, direct air capture (DAC) at the currently commercially feasible efficiency, powered by nuclear power could capture annually about as much CO2 as we emit annually if powered by around 2300 large nuclear plants.

It could also be done with roughly a million km^2 worth of solar panels.

I'm curious...do we have the resources to build either that many large nuclear power plants or that many solar panels?