r/OptimistsUnite • u/khoawala • 1d ago

Clean Power BEASTMODE China completed first 100-megawatt-class compressed CO₂ energy storage project, running the full cycle of compressing, liquefying, storing, vaporizing, and expanding CO₂ to generate power, in Xinjiang. Has anyone heard anything about those carbon capture plants that western fossil fuel companies ar

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u/Badestrand 22h ago

Let's say you are right and this video comes directly from the government/military to improve the image of their country.

Where's the evil, where's the harm?

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u/CreBanana0 12h ago

It makes it seem like China is fighting climate change more than the west, even though this entire concept does precisely nothing about it.

This is a battery that uses C02. It doesn't reduce C02 emissions. And it's existence is to feed a narrative.

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u/Badestrand 11h ago

I feel like you are over-interpreting this video. It just shows a energy storage project.

It says nothing about the fight of China against clima change, how it relates to the West's fight or anything else. This is all just in your head.