R12: Tech Removals
What this route does.
R12 converts engineered CO₂ removals—Direct Air Capture (DAC), mineralization, and BECCS—into verified, ex-post durable tons that a CFO, auditor, and board can defend. The evidence spine is PRO (Process-Reduction Observation): plant meters, lab assays, and storage attestations are bound into a non-transferable receipt; at issuance that receipt is consumed and locked, so the audit trail cannot be broken or reused. No evidence → no ton → no settlement.
Who buys (and why now)
Buyers are firms with durable-removal targets (the “neutralization” leg of net-zero), advance market commitment pools, and corporates that increasingly require hourly/locational renewable matching for DAC input power.
Prices are high but real: DAC commonly clears in the mid-hundreds $/t, mineralization ~$100–$200+/t, BECCS ~$50–$150/t depending on quality and permanence; AMCs have already contracted hundreds of millions of dollars of durable CDR with a multi-year pipeline. Implication: buyers will pay for proof.
PoV in Action
Capture & Sign
Connect plant data once.
DAC / BECCS: capture flow and purity, compression/injection logs, storage attestations, plant energy/process emissions.
Mineralization: batch IDs and mass, lab-verified carbonate fraction/mass gain, cure/durability logs, chain-of-custody.
Every interval/batch is time-synced, source-signed, and minted into a PRO packet (evidence, not credit).
Lock the accounting
We publish and version-lock the method for each batch before issuance:
DAC / BECCS: Saleable = (CO₂_captured_pure − Process_emissions) × (1 − Uncertainty) × (1 − Permanence_buffer)
Mineralization: Saleable = Σ(lab-verified CO₂ mineralized) × (1 − Uncertainty) × (1 − Buffer)
If you claim 24/7 clean power for capture, the corresponding power attributes must be retired/immobilized via Route 2 and referenced on-chain before carbon issues—no energy/carbon overlap.
Issue → sell → settle (ex-post).
After verifier sign-off, EDMA mints durable tons, the consumed PRO is stamped and locked, and you choose forwards/floors (steady) or spot (chase highs). Settlement uses the same rails as other routes: 4% total fee (2% seller in $EDM at Claim, 2% buyer at settlement; buyer can pay in EDM for a discount), and 50% of every fee burns until circulating reaches 100 M. $0.50/EDM is a fee-denomination floor to compute tokens owed—not a peg; no EDM, no action (clean revert, no hidden swaps). 
Outcome: monitor → verify → PoV gate → issue → sell → EDM settlement → 50% burn → immutable lineage (PRO consumed). 
Market
DAC: $250–$600+ / t (technology/vendor/scale dependent; early supply tight; audits intense).
Mineralization: $100–$200+ / t (lab-verified carbonates; durability is priced).
BECCS: $50–$150 / t (feedstock chain, capture rate, storage costs).
EDMA shows your live buyer card before enrollment.
Worked scenarios
A) DAC (modular plant), base $350/t
Captured (pure) 5,000 t/yr; process emissions 800 t/yr → net pre-U/B 4,200 t → after 10% U+Buffer = 3,780 t saleable.
Revenue & net (seller 2% in EDM):
$250/t → $945k gross / $926.1k net
$350/t → $1.323M / $1.2965M
$600/t → $2.268M / $2.2226M. Prefund (quarter @ $350/t) hits the cap $1,000 by formula.
B) Mineralization (concrete curing), base $150/t
20,000 m³/yr, lab-verified 0.06 t CO₂/m³ → 1,200 t gross; after 10% U+Buffer → 1,080 t saleable.
Revenue & net:
$100/t → $108k / $105.84k
$150/t → $162k / $158.76k
$200/t → $216k / $211.68k. Prefund (quarter @ $150/t) = $810.
C) BECCS (small CHP), base $90/t
Biogenic capture 12,000 t/yr; process emissions 2,500 t/yr → net pre-U/B 9,500 t → after 10% U+Buffer = 8,550 t saleable.
Revenue & net:
$50/t → $427.5k / $418.95k
$90/t → $769.5k / $754.11k
$150/t → $1.2825M / $1.25685M. Prefund (quarter @ $90/t) caps at $1,000.
EDM footing: the Admission Prefund is min(max(0.02 × projected 3-month gross, $20), $1,000) so claims never stall;
Integrity & one-claim
Ex-post only. We issue after capture/measurement and storage/mineralization are attested—no hypotheticals.
Netting discipline. We subtract plant/process emissions; uncertainty + permanence buffers are explicit and version-locked per batch.
Energy overlap handled. If you market renewable power for DAC/BECCS input, those Route-2 attributes are retired/immobilized first and anchored on-chain; one unit of benefit backs one claim.
Receipts are consumed. PRO is locked at issuance; settled vintages don’t re-price (we publish a re-issuance SOP for exceptional restatements).
What you actually do (week 1 → first cash)
Day 1: KYC + wallet (5 min); lock boundary & causality (capture → conditioning → compression → transport → storage/mineralization).
Day 1–3: Connect data (meters, labs, storage attestations); buy a small EDM buffer so claims never strand; the app shows your fuel gauge.
Admission prefund (USD): = min(max(0.02 × projected 3-month gross (attributes + flex), $20), $1,000)—staked in EDM; withdrawable on clean exit.
Then:. follow the cadence: monitor → PRO → verify → issue (ex-post) → sell → claim. DAC/mineralization typically monthly/quarterly; BECCS quarterly/semi-annual, per storage reporting.
Fees & settlement
EDM = gas & fees. 4% total per sale (2% seller at claim; 2% buyer at settlement, EDM discount optional). 50% of every fee burns until 100 M circulating. $0.50/EDM is a fee-denomination floor only; short on EDM → clean revert. 
Cross-links
PoV Layer (§9) — quorum, equality, one-claim
Fees/Tokenomics (§14/§18) — 4% rule, denomination floor, 50% burn
Route 2: 24/7 power matching for DAC/BECCS (retire/immobilize & anchor IDs first).
Bottom line
Route 12 is the finance-grade lane for engineered removals: meter-to-retirement evidence (PRO), netting that holds up in audit, one-claim enforced in code, and on-chain settlement that burns on every use. It gives suppliers a boring, repeatable operating cadence—and gives buyers the one thing they will pay for in this category: proof.
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