Project Blogs
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Breathing Room: Mapping the Natural Feasibility of Direct Air Capture
In this second phase of my CCS suitability analysis, I shifted focus from hypothetical modeling to something more grounded: where natural conditions in the U.S. already support the potential for Direct Air Capture (DAC). Rather than create another suitability model with Python — which proved impractical given the format of my source data — I…
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Breathing Room: Part 2 – Capture at the Source
After mapping where renewable energy and carbon storage geology naturally align for Direct Air Capture (DAC) in Part 1, I turned my attention to the other major carbon capture pathway: Point Source Capture (PSC). Unlike DAC, which pulls diffuse carbon directly from ambient air, PSC targets concentrated emission sources — power plants, steel mills, cement…
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Breathing Room: Moving Beyond False Dichotomy, And Blending Direct and Point Source Carbon Capture
Throughout this project, I explored where carbon capture technologies might be most geographically and geologically feasible in the U.S. — first through Direct Air Capture (DAC) powered by renewables, then through Point Source Capture (PSC) at major industrial sites. However, given the magnitude and complexity of reversing atmospheric carbon buildup, scientists are increasingly coming to…