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[–] bionicjoey 28 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Carbon capture is a scam. We need to reduce carbon emissions. Capturing will never be an economical way of stopping climate catastrophe.

[–] altasshet 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I suspect there will be a point where economics don't matter anymore and we don't have a choice.

[–] jadero 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I agree, but until we're a lot closer to zero carbon emissions than we are now, capture technology should be treated as research. Prototypes, even proof of scalability prototypes are fine, but they should not be sucking resources from emission reduction or, worse, trying to replace emission reduction.

[–] altasshet 6 points 1 year ago

100%! But the research is still vital, and we should be doing more of it while being way more aggressive about carbon reduction.

[–] Rodeo 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

We are WAY past that point

[–] altasshet 1 points 1 year ago

I disagree only on a technicality - economics still matter for decision making, in the minds of people who are in power of making those decisions. Otherwise yeah, things are past the point of no return. Mitigation is all we can hope to do I think.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Nature already invented carbon capture, we call it trees.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Short term yes, but the long carbon cycle is where we should be looking because otherwise we’re an accident away from right back here

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Grassland and pasture captures more.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Hard to build a lasting house out of grass and that's the beauty of wood, you grow it, it captures carbon, you cut it to build a house and it's now stable for the foreseeable future.