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Steam condenser coating could save 460 million tons of carbon dioxide annually (techxplore.com)

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Steam condenser coating could save 460 million tons of carbon dioxide annually:: If coal and natural gas power generation were 2% more efficient, then every year, there could be 460 million fewer tons of carbon dioxide released and 2 trillion fewer gallons of water used. A recent innovation to the steam cycle used in fossil fuel power generation could achieve this.

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[-] ilmagico@lemmy.world 48 points 1 year ago

"The reality is that fossil fuels aren't going away for at least 100 years," said Nenad Miljkovic, a professor of mechanical science & engineering at UIUC and the project lead.

The reality is that either they go away much sooner, or we better start enjoying hurricanes, wildfires, rising seas and droughts a lot more than we do now.

[-] jantin@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago

You better start enjoying them anyway. Unless we get really good at sucking CO2 out of the atmosphere it will be only getting worse. The atmosphere-ocean system isn't at equilibrium yet and we keep pumpin' every year.

[-] KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 year ago

Those things are here to stay. Were just hoping they don’t get worse.

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