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Max Biermann, Ph.D.
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Process engineer working on flue gas treatment & carbon capture and sequestration.
Let's stay below 2 C!!

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Thanks for sharing!!👍
January 6, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Positive! But does peak oil mean peak emissions for China? Just curious 😅
January 6, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Yes the track record so far is not great when it comes to proportion of global emissions and yes CCS is not THE Answer (nothing is, the thing that comes closest is electrification).
Still the there are no credible pathways to 2 C without it. See IPCC SR15 and AR6
December 22, 2024 at 11:58 PM
It's not THE solution - nothing is. Using CCS for greenwashing of fossil fuel interests is not why we need CCS:
There are emissions we cannot readily abate by other means than CCS: example 1st projects in Europe will focus on cement, waste incineration and ammonia production.
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December 22, 2024 at 6:35 AM
Curious to read more about these novel capture technology - would you mind sharing some links to papers worth reading? Thx
December 22, 2024 at 6:12 AM
Unfortunately we do need CCS to help 1) reduce emissions and 2) remove CO2 from the atmosphere for residual emissions we can't get rid of (e.g.agriculture)
But: we also need all the solutions you mentioned. CCS may contribute to ~20%. #nosilverbullet
Electrify what we can, reduce methane Ems asap
December 21, 2024 at 11:01 PM
But: yes, a lot of historic CCS was done to do enhanced oil recovery (EOR),mainly US We have to have dedicated storage without oil extraction (obviously). In Europe for example all projects in development are solely for storage, no EOR.
December 21, 2024 at 10:56 PM
Or read the summary for policy makers of the latest IPCC report if you can.
www.ipcc.ch/report/sixth...
AR6 Climate Change 2022: Mitigation of Climate Change — IPCC
www.ipcc.ch
December 21, 2024 at 10:53 PM
CCS is not just greenwash - whether we like it or not - we will most likely need it to stay below 2 C. Why?
1. Help reduce emissions in hard to abate sectors (cement, waste incineration, some steel plants, longhaul shipping & aviation)
2. Remove CO2 from the atmosphere (counteract residual GHG)
December 21, 2024 at 10:53 PM
Oh yes of course that doesn't need funding 😅👍
December 20, 2024 at 10:29 PM
Unfortunately yes. The IPCC reports make it very well clear that we will need to remove carbon from the atmosphere, most likely also via technical means such as direct air capture (there are others). Carbon removal from atmosphere ≠ mitigation of fossil emissions.
December 20, 2024 at 10:22 PM
Yes that distinction is very important - we can and must do removals via natural & technological solutions (BECCS & DAC). And: those are removals, i.e. on top of mitigation of fossil emissions. carbon capture and storage from hard to share sectors like waste incineration, cement, etc. we also need
December 20, 2024 at 10:18 PM