Re: [CDR] Re: [geo] Re: Leaked policy draft of SR15 - what do you think?

2018-02-04 Thread Andrew Lockley
revent one from reaching the very low learning curve cost limit >>>> . But I am 100% sure that under $50 per tonne will be achieved and that is >>>> why I use that number rather than $25 or $10 dollars per tonne. >>>> >>>> Peter >>>> >>>&g

Re: [CDR] Re: [geo] Re: Leaked policy draft of SR15 - what do you think?

2018-01-27 Thread Andrew Lockley
rry that there is something we have failed to consider >>>> that will prevent one from reaching the very low learning curve cost limit >>>> . But I am 100% sure that under $50 per tonne will be achieved and that is >>>> why I use that number rather than $25 or $10

Re: [geo] Re: Leaked policy draft of SR15 - what do you think?

2018-01-18 Thread Andrew Lockley
17, 2018 at 6:06 AM, Douglas MacMartin < >>> macma...@cds.caltech.edu> wrote: >>> >>>> Peter – you should replace every use of the words “can” and “will” >>>> below with something like “have been projected to” and “may”. >>>> >>>&

Re: [geo] Re: Leaked policy draft of SR15 - what do you think?

2018-01-18 Thread Peter Eisenberger
ed to” and “may”. >>> >>> >>> >>> If you do that, I’ll agree with you. As written, I disagree. Neither >>> you nor anyone else has proven that DAC **will* *have costs below >>> $50/ton, and I don’t think it helps make risk-balanced decisions to sugg

Re: [geo] Re: Leaked policy draft of SR15 - what do you think?

2018-01-17 Thread Andrew Lockley
either >> you nor anyone else has proven that DAC **will* *have costs below >> $50/ton, and I don’t think it helps make risk-balanced decisions to suggest >> that we know with certainty that this will be possible. >> >> >> >> *From:* geoengineering@googlegroups.com

Re: [geo] Re: Leaked policy draft of SR15 - what do you think?

2018-01-17 Thread Peter Eisenberger
Leon Di Marco ; geoengineering < > geoengineering@googlegroups.com> > *Subject:* Re: [geo] Re: Leaked policy draft of SR15 - what do you think? > > > > As I have written frequently our company Global Thermostat has developed > a DAC technology that can at scale have cost

RE: [geo] Re: Leaked policy draft of SR15 - what do you think?

2018-01-17 Thread Douglas MacMartin
Marco ; geoengineering Subject: Re: [geo] Re: Leaked policy draft of SR15 - what do you think? As I have written frequently our company Global Thermostat has developed a DAC technology that can at scale have costs under $50 per tonne and which can be converted into carbon intensive products

Re: [geo] Re: Leaked policy draft of SR15 - what do you think?

2018-01-17 Thread lou del bello
Just wanted to chip in again with thanks for your contributions, I am very keen to learn more about the details although obviously not all of it can make it to articles aimed at a general public. There is also a conversation going on on Twitter

Re: [geo] Re: Leaked policy draft of SR15 - what do you think?

2018-01-17 Thread Peter Eisenberger
As I have written frequently our company Global Thermostat has developed a DAC technology that can at scale have costs under $50 per tonne and which can be converted into carbon intensive products like carbon fiber , plastics and cement at a profit whch will drive their costs down like solar and w

Re: [geo] Re: Leaked policy draft of SR15 - what do you think?

2018-01-16 Thread Andrew Lockley
Respectfully, the facts contradict these assertions. Swanson's law has predicted the falling costs of solar energy for decades. It is broadly reliable in the face of any individual government initiatives - most of which are very limited in scope. Likewise, gas uptake has been driven largely by ma