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The world is banking on giant carbon-sucking fans to clean our climate mess. It's a big risk. (Iceland)
CNN ^ | 10-20-21 | Ivana Kottasová

Posted on 10/24/2021 7:58:55 AM PDT by dynachrome

Hellisheiðarvirkjun, Iceland (CNN)The windswept valleys surrounding the Hengill volcano in southwestern Iceland are dotted with hot springs and steam vents. Hikers from all over the world come here to witness its breath-taking scenery. Even the sheep are photogenic in the soft Nordic light.

Right in the middle of all that natural beauty sits a towering metal structure resembling four giant Lego bricks, with two rows of six whirring fans running across each one. It's a contraption that looks truly futuristic, like something straight out of a sci-fi film. Humans have emitted so much carbon dioxide (CO2) into the atmosphere that machines like this are being used to literally suck the gas back out, like giant vacuum cleaners, in an attempt to slow the climate crisis and prevent some of its most devastating consequences. The Orca plant — its name derived from the Icelandic word for energy — is what is known as a "direct air carbon capture facility," and its creator and operator, Swiss firm Climeworks, say it's the world's largest.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: carbon; fans; globalwarminghoax; greennewdeal; iceland; insanity
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Pure insanity.
1 posted on 10/24/2021 7:58:55 AM PDT by dynachrome
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2 posted on 10/24/2021 7:59:50 AM PDT by dynachrome ("I will not be reconstructed, and I do not give a damn.")
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Take CO2 levels too low and mass extinction happens.


3 posted on 10/24/2021 8:01:24 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin ( (Natural born citizens are born here of citizen parents)(Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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Dr. Edda Aradóttir

Perhaps not guilyt. More evidence required for the FR jury to make a final determination.

4 posted on 10/24/2021 8:01:45 AM PDT by nascarnation (Let's Go Brandon!)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

Yup. Trees and crops need it.


5 posted on 10/24/2021 8:01:50 AM PDT by dynachrome ("I will not be reconstructed, and I do not give a damn.")
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Pure insanity

Yeah there is just no other way to describe this.

6 posted on 10/24/2021 8:01:57 AM PDT by MNJohnnie (They would have abandon leftism to achieve sanity. Freeper Olog-hai)
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It’s a big risk to the left, because it means we don’t need to go green.

We can drive all the gas cars we want, heat our homes with gas, and produce electricity with coal.

The left’s scare mongering with climate change would be over.

That’s the risk the left is scared of.


7 posted on 10/24/2021 8:02:50 AM PDT by Brookhaven (The dystopian future is now!)
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8 posted on 10/24/2021 8:03:08 AM PDT by nascarnation (Let's Go Brandon!)
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A quick search for images shows her to be a 12 pack 8 at the bar.


9 posted on 10/24/2021 8:03:27 AM PDT by dynachrome ("I will not be reconstructed, and I do not give a damn.")
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Part of the tragedy is that every dollar spent to fight non-existent Climate Change is one dollar not available to spend on things we really need.


10 posted on 10/24/2021 8:07:14 AM PDT by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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Yeah there is just no other way to describe this.

"Climate change" isn't a hoax. It's a racket. Many so-called "conservatives" in this country, who otherwise know better, are content to buy into this nonsense -- e.g., off-shore wind farms, etc. -- because they're looking to make money off of it in the short term. And, in most cases, the "money" they're looking to make is taxpayers' money. Rent-seeking corporate welfare at its finest.

11 posted on 10/24/2021 8:07:58 AM PDT by DSH
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To: nascarnation

Hmm. That is a different one than I came up with. Not guilty.


12 posted on 10/24/2021 8:08:57 AM PDT by dynachrome ("I will not be reconstructed, and I do not give a damn.")
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Imagine how loud those fans will be. Will disturb wildlife for miles around.


13 posted on 10/24/2021 8:09:51 AM PDT by Signalman
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To: Lurkinanloomin

Will we be forced to buy this gas back from them in order to grow our crops, run our huge greenhouses?


14 posted on 10/24/2021 8:11:11 AM PDT by ryderann
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To: dynachrome

Why isn’t anybody going after ‘big cola’ for actually putting CO2 into drinks.?

Are they big liberal donors?


15 posted on 10/24/2021 8:11:32 AM PDT by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing obamacare is worse than obamacare itself)
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But it gives leftists something to do with their miserable, vapid lives.


16 posted on 10/24/2021 8:12:05 AM PDT by Vision (Elections are one day. Reject "Chicago" vote harvesting. Election Reform Now. Obama is an evildoer.)
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17 posted on 10/24/2021 8:12:18 AM PDT by dynachrome ("I will not be reconstructed, and I do not give a damn.")
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“The world is banking on giant carbon-sucking fans to clean our climate mess”

What a laugh! Yes it’s pure insanity.


18 posted on 10/24/2021 8:13:52 AM PDT by cymbeline
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“woke-a-cola” is a big donor, no doubt.


19 posted on 10/24/2021 8:15:42 AM PDT by dynachrome ("I will not be reconstructed, and I do not give a damn.")
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To: nascarnation

Not guilty by reason of Nordic winters. She is a bit too plump but where she lives it helps keep you warm during those long, cold and freezing winter nights.


20 posted on 10/24/2021 8:15:50 AM PDT by WMarshal ("Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither.")
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