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Matt McAllister

@mattmcally.bsky.social

Writing about climate change and the tech we use to fight it. Hiker. Backpacker. Mountain biker. Dad. Dog lover.

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Direct Air Capture is Prohibitively Expensive. This Startup Says It Can Cut the Price in Half. To stop the planet from overheating to the point of disaster, the growing consensus holds, it is already too late to simply limit the amount of emissions we are putting into the atmosphereβ€”we will als...

Most Direct Air Capture systems require huge amounts of heat & water. But LA-based Avnos, Inc. has found a way to eliminate heat while actually PRODUCING water, which could cut the cost of DAC in half from where it is now.

www.linkedin.com/pulse/direct...

#climatetech #greentech #directaircapture

10.02.2026 20:23 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump has always hated offshore wind. Now he's moving to kill it. The Trump administration has halted 5 already approved offshore wind projects despite rising electricity demand.

The only reason Trump hates off-shore wind is because his billionaire friends in the fossil fuel industry have convinced him to. If he really wanted to increase energy, decrease costs, and grow the economy, he’d have let these wind farms move forward.

grist.org/energy/trump...

23.12.2025 01:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Direct Air Capture: Moral Imperative or Moral Hazard? | Matt McAllister I went down a rabbit hole on Direct Air Capture technology and came out more confused than when I started. Is it our only hope to avoid climate catastrophe?Or is it "a climate problem dressed up as a ...

I went down a rabbit hole on #DirectAirCapture technology and came out more confused than when I started. Is it our only hope to avoid climate catastrophe?Or is it "a climate problem dressed up as a climate solution"? Turns out both might be true.
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12.12.2025 18:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This! More Democrats should be leaning into exactly this line of messaging.

10.12.2025 16:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I never imagined that I could love Bruce any more than I already did, but then …

17.05.2025 15:43 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0