Climeworks and Carbon Engineering, at least, are based on fairly old tech. Waiting for big improvements in the lab doesn't seem like the best bet.
Meanwhile, it's generally true that the more you make of something, the cheaper you learn to make it, and that appears to hold true here:
> “We’re confident our costs will continue to fall,” Oldham, the Carbon Engineering CEO said. “But only if we deploy. If you never deploy, your costs never go down.”
Meanwhile, it's generally true that the more you make of something, the cheaper you learn to make it, and that appears to hold true here:
> “We’re confident our costs will continue to fall,” Oldham, the Carbon Engineering CEO said. “But only if we deploy. If you never deploy, your costs never go down.”