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> People want gasoline or gas. People don't want to pay for CO2 removal, because they don't get anything back immediately - maybe a slightly cooler planet and b
by D895n9o33436N42 6y ago
> People want gasoline or gas. People don't want to pay for CO2 removal, because they don't get anything back immediately - maybe a slightly cooler planet and better biosphere 50 years in the future.
I don’t want gas; I want some means to propel my car from A to B. I’ll choose the most economically practical option, gas being the currently most available one. I live in Florida, so the “underwater in 50 years” meme hits very close to my home: about 3km away, to be precise. Lots of people will see the incentive to use less gas, or to pay for carbon sequestration in the absence of a non-gas option.
- macspoofing 6y ago>I don’t want gas; Yeah you do. You want airplanes and cheap air travel. You want cargo ships moving goods. You want heating and air conditioning. You want transportation (mass transit or personal). Don't pretend you're not actively involved in consuming a critical good.
- D895n9o33436N42 6y agoStop cutting part of my sentence to present it out of context.
- thekyle 6y agoDo people really use gasoline for heating and AC? I've never seen that. Also can't the rest of those things just use an alternate fuel.
- jimmaswell 6y agoClosest I can think of is propane. It's occasionally used for home heating and more rarely for refrigeration.
- ryder9 6y agonatural gas is used for heating, and for the time being it's more energy efficient to heat using natural gas directly than using electricity from generated from the grid which for me is a mix of nuclear hydro & natural gas
- macspoofing 6y ago>Do people really use gasoline for heating and AC? No. I meant fossil fuels in this case (specifically natural gas). >Also can't the rest of those things just use an alternate fuel. We currently have no alternative to fossil fuels for cargo ships and airplanes.