#netzeroheroes – Planet Savers HQ

What’s wrong with indoor gas cookers?

22/09/2024 planetsavershq Comments 0 Comment

Gas cookers produce emissions that contribute to global warming and have been linked to respiratory problems and cardiovascular disease. More than 36 million people in the UK cook with gas appliances and may be exposed to levels of indoor air pollution that would violate UK outdoor air pollution regulations. Cooking with gas stoves produces nitrogen oxides, which have been linked to respiratory problems and cardiovascular disease. Evidence suggests that even when gas stoves are off, they leak methane, and when…

Direct Air Carbon Capture

22/09/2024 planetsavershq Comments 0 Comment

DACC is a process by which air is sucked in by large fans and directed through filters to remove the carbon dioxide contained within it. The removed carbon dioxide can then be stored and sold on for other purposes (e.g., to make fizzy drinks or pumped into greenhouses) or, alternatively, is pumped deep underground to be stored. It’s a three-step process Climeworks in Iceland has probably the most well-known DAC facilities (first Orca and now Mammoth), made up of modular…