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Entropy? Never heard of it. (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

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[–] [email protected] 37 points 4 days ago (9 children)

Even if we went to zero emissions soon, we'd still want to decrease CO2 over time to reverse the effects of climate change. Capturing co2 is always going to be much more energy intensive than not emitting it in the first place, but sometimes you don't have another choice.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago (8 children)

Or you know, we could plant trees…the original carbon capture device.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Aren't there better plants? I remember reading that some forms of algae are way more efficient or something like that.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

The company that was trying to use bacteria to make fuel from water and the CO2 from the air shut down a few years ago

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