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I've been interested in these types of technologies lateley. >that many people are extremely pessimistic about climate change. They can’t imagine any solution
by 40four 7y ago
I've been interested in these types of technologies lateley.
>that many people are extremely pessimistic about climate change. They can’t imagine any solution – often, they become mesmerized by what appears to be an insoluble collective action problem – and fall into fatalistic despair.
More and more, I find this description matches my thoughts on climate change. I'm really beginning to think the problem might require building carbon capture solutions on a huge scale. We might have to engineer our way out, because it doesn't appear we are slowing down emissions fast enough.
- DanTheManPR 7y agoWe are geoengineering already, so we are going to have to deliberately geoengineer our way out of the problem.
- 40four 7y ago>we are going to have to deliberately geoengineer our way out of the problem Agreed, I'm really starting to think this will be the only way.
- topkai22 7y agoI'm totally with you. Reducing carbon intensity is possible (and almost easy) up to a point, but once you've converted 80-90% of the power grid to renewable sources and electrified most transportation there is still significant carbon emissions occurring for high value operations, like air transportation. Plus we still have to deal with the elevated levels we are at today. Having viable large scale carbon capture technology, gives us another advantage though- It gives us a really solid economic foundation for pricing those remaining carbon emitting operations. Entities can just regulate or tax carbon emissions at that point, and let the market figure out what activities and operations are still worth emitting for.