A pub in California is pulling carbon dioxide from the air to carbonate pints. If the business model works, it could give the broader carbon-capture industry a boost.
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Indeed. The CO2 isn’t digested by humans, so it fizzes right back out of the drink or gurgles out from the drinker.
Then again, the headline is somewhat misleading as the product the article covers isn’t for carbon sequestration. Instead, it’s to provide consumers of CO2 like breweries with a reliable and supposedly low carbon alternative for their CO2 gas needs. Normally this CO2 would be a waste product from refineries, but these incur more inefficiencies due to transportation. Also, recently the refineries have been opting to sequester their CO2 instead of selling it (which is a good thing IMO).
I’m reporting all of this from the contents of the article; I haven’t verified any of the claims.