carbon dioxide

5 statements across 3 episodes · 0 bullish · 3 bearish · 4 people on the record · first statement Dec 2, 2021 by Dan Rutherford · across every show →

Everything said about carbon dioxide, oldest first

Dec 2, 2021 negative
Assertion Supported
Rutherford: Crop-based aviation biofuels can emit more lifecycle CO2 than fossil fuel
“You can actually produce sustainable aviation fuels that on a life cycle basis emit more carbon dioxide than the base jet fuel.”
Dan Rutherford Dec 2, 2021 ▶ 17:41 A bumpy ride toward decarbonizing aviation
Dec 2, 2021
Assertion Supported
Rutherford: Total climate impact of flying is triple its CO2 alone
“So if you look at the total climate impact of flying, it's about Three times larger than carbon dioxide alone.”
Dan Rutherford Dec 2, 2021 ▶ 4:57 A bumpy ride toward decarbonizing aviation
Dec 22, 2022 neutral
Assertion Contradicted
Reinhart: Non-CO2 greenhouse gases drive 55% of current global warming
“What is often not understood is that warming today, only 45% of warming today is from carbon dioxide. The other 55% of warming today is from a host of other greenhouse gases.”
Erica Reinhart Dec 22, 2022 ▶ 9:40 Why methane matters
Nov 21, 2024 bearish
Opinion
Kann: Synthetic methane cannot be produced below $20–$30/MMBtu near term
“With today's costs of hydrogen, and today's costs of CO₂, or even the next few years costs of both, You know, it's hard to picture producing synthetic methane. Again, we haven't even talked about the capex here, but it's hard to imagine producing synthetic met…”
Shayle Kann Nov 21, 2024 ▶ 32:21 TEA breakdown: green ammonia and synthetic methane
Nov 21, 2024 bearish
Assertion Supported
Thiel: $100/ton DAC CO2 adds $6/MMBtu to synthetic methane costs
“The, again, sort of best case from the chemistry is something like 2.75 kilograms of CO₂ per kilogram of methane. So thinking back on a, on an MMBTU basis, you know, if you want to Get the good sort of CO₂ from the air, and we hit all our hopes and targets of …”
Dr. Greg Thiel Nov 21, 2024 ▶ 31:37 TEA breakdown: green ammonia and synthetic methane
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