[alancalverd]

The machines at Orca are just one way to remove CO2 from the air. Other methods involve capturing the gas at source — like the chimney of a cement factory — or removing it from the fuel before combustion. That involves exposing the fuel, such as coal or natural gas, to oxygen or steam under high temperature and pressure to convert it into a mixture of hydrogen and CO2. The hydrogen is then separated and can be burned with much lower carbon emissions.

which is exactly how we used to make town gas 150 years ago.

[Bored chemist]

which is exactly how we used to make town gas 150 years ago.

No, it's not.

[alancalverd]

"Water gas" and "producer gas" were the principal constituents of town gas in my youth, formed by alternating steam and air flowing over hot coke.

IIRC the air flow  was restricted to generate CO rather than CO2 and raise the carbon to white heat, then steam was added to generate hydrogen and more CO endothermically, until the carbon cooled to red heat and the cycle repeated.

[Petrochemicals (OP)]

It's still going against the grain. There is obviously the extraordinary European heatwave of 2022, 40+C degrees was a massive jump in the UK temperature record.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/jul/19/uk-weather-record-hottest-day-ever-heatwave

The Atlantic hurricane season is virtually nil

https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/09/01/hurricane-season-august-quietest-since-1997/7942859001/

The ice caps are large in the North and small in the south compared to the trend.

https://earth.gsfc.nasa.gov/cryo/data/current-state-sea-ice-cover

Rare snow South Africa.

https://www.indianexpress.com/photos/world-news/heavy-snowfall-africa-lesotho-attracts-skiers-heatwave-europe-8086703/lite/

And quiet in the west pacific

https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/monthly-report/tropical-cyclones/202207

[alancalverd]

....and a new moron in Number 10.