anlomedadWow. This is really harsh criticism👍 of integrated assessment modelers and engineers who hide everything that challenges their lifestyle in fairy tales about CCS and H2. Allwood shows how #paper, #steel, #cement, #aluminum, #plastic, and #glass can only become climate-neutral through degrowth.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s44286-025-00344-1
The best thing is his harsh language. He takes no prisoners, but shoots liars on sight.
No wonder. After all, it was their lies that always prevented greenhouse gas reductions from being implemented quickly enough to match the risk. Academia bears a huge share of the blame.
#CCS #ClimateChange #IAM #SharedEconomicPathways #Degrowth #EconObscene #Economics #ClimateEconomics
Too late for CCS and hydrogen - Nature Chemical Engineering
Fifty years after it was commercialized, global carbon capture and storage (CCS) capacity is equal to 0.09% of global emissions. Meanwhile, global emission-free electricity generation grows at a steady, linear rate. This Perspective argues that it is now too late for CCS or hydrogen to make a substantial contribution by 2050, so other solutions are required to decarbonize industry.