Replies to post #24360 on The Rising Influence of Rising Affluence

[OakesCS]

yup. The cost offsets from things like chlorine should be a big red flag. It’s a scam I’ve also seen for CO2 capture schemes. If you do the math on how much chlorine will be produced to meet the production/capture metrics it would flood the market and crash the offsetting product prices thereby removing the claimed benefit.

The news release also says it uses $5 in electricity per kg - not $5/kg in production cost. Another red flag. In Saudi Arabia brine disposal might not be a problem but in the US such a process would incur disposal costs and I’d bet the membrane regeneration costs are in addition to the $5. If I were a funder, I’d demand to see all the details on real production and material costs as well as durability.