Starkpo t1_jbk12ky wrote
Just a reminder to the downers in here: advancement starts with the least effective, worst version of a thing. But from that start you learn a bunch and make the next version, which is better.
This is neat. Is it a functional solution to carbon capture? No, or rather not yet. But it’s smart kids stepping up to fight in the right direction.
Some of y’all would have stood on the beaches of Kitty Hawk and said, “All that to go less than a hundred feet? I’ll stick with my HORSE thank you very much!”
Go get ‘em kids. You’re going to save the world. You have to. The rest of us are going to be shit talking you from our couches on Reddit apparently.
pattydo t1_jbk70gh wrote
The amount of cynacism in this thread is absolutely wild. These kids (they're freaking undergrads!) aren't claiming they are saving the world here. Like, here are a couple of quotes from these kids.
>It is really still a proof-of-concept, but we can already see that we will be able to increase the capacity of the filter in the coming years.
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>We want to tickle the industry by showing what is already possible. If 35 students can design, develop, and build an almost carbon-neutral car in a year, then there are also opportunities and possibilities for the industry.
brucebrowde t1_jbk88ym wrote
> Just a reminder to the downers in here: advancement starts with the least effective, worst version of a thing.
That's like saying "let's support faster-than-light travel innovations". The problem here is not that this is inefficient - the problem is it cannot be efficient enough to even remotely make sense. You cannot go against physics and claim that's "innovation".
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