As Mission Zero Technologies unveils its 250-tonne DAC unit at Deep Sky Alpha with suspiciously dramatic "60% cost reductions," the broader market projects growth from $1.2B to $6.8B by 2032. These rosy forecasts depend on slashing costs from $600 to $250 per ton by 2030—a convenient trajectory that aligns perfectly with investor pitch decks while actual operational data remains conspicuously thin.

