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+title: Carbon removal at gigaton scale
+kind: problem
+status: open
+year: 1999
+statement: Can CO2 be removed from the atmosphere permanently at billions of tonnes per year and under $100 a tonne?
+space: energy
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+Most climate scenarios that meet the Paris targets assume large removals by mid-century. Direct air capture works today at thousands of tonnes a year and several hundred dollars a tonne. Enhanced weathering and other methods are cheaper but harder to measure, so verification is a large part of the problem.
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+## Sources
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+- [Wikipedia: Carbon dioxide removal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_dioxide_removal)
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+[[Space:energy|Energy]] · [[Continent:engineering|Engineering]]
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Most climate scenarios that meet the Paris targets assume large removals by mid-century. Direct air capture works today at thousands of tonnes a year and several hundred dollars a tonne. Enhanced weathering and other methods are cheaper but harder to measure, so verification is a large part of the problem.