Carbon Capture Scam Does Not Even Offset Its Own Emissions
May 16, 2025
By Paul Homewood
h/t Paul Weldon
This is a remarkable story coming out of Iceland, and a warning for Net Zero zealots wanting us to go down the same route:
Climeworks in Iceland has only captured just over 2,400 carbon units since it began operations in the country in 2021, out of the twelve thousand units that company officials have repeatedly claimed the company’s machines can capture. This is confirmed by figures from the Finnish company Puro.Earth on the one hand and from the company’s annual accounts on the other. Climeworks has made international news for capturing carbon directly from the atmosphere. For this, the company uses large machines located in Hellisheiði, in South Iceland. They are said to have the capacity to collect four thousand tons of CO2 each year directly from the atmosphere.
According to data available to Heimildin, it is clear that this goal has never been achieved and that Climeworks does not capture enough carbon units to offset its own operations, emissions amounting to 1,700 tons of CO2 in 2023. The emissions that occur due to Climeworks’ activities are therefore more than it captures. Since the company began capturing in Iceland, it has captured a maximum of one thousand tons of CO2 in one year.
Read the full story here.
https://notalotofpeopleknowthat.wordpress.com/2025/05/16/carbon-capture-scam-does-not-even-offset-its-own-emissions/
