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For the reasons you state and more, I feel that developing a carbon capture technology that people have an incentive to install (e:g, end product from reacting
by nickd2001 5y ago
For the reasons you state and more, I feel that developing a carbon capture technology that people have an incentive to install (e:g, end product from reacting something with CO2 is commercially useful in some way), is the best hope. People are just determined to maintain their lifestyles. Covid taught us how little quite a number of people are willing to moderate their daily life to save others' lives. So it seems to me if we can side-step this problem by making people want to extract existing CO2, then there's hope. But as for how realistically achievable that is... answers on a postcard please. I'm not a chemist. I do wonder is there a place for software experts to assist with this endeavour in some way, but how to do it is not yet obvious to me
- bavell 5y ago> I feel that developing a carbon capture technology that people have an incentive to install [...] is the best hope. People are just determined to maintain their lifestyles. I agree, trying to force change on people which they think is against their own comforts, interests or beliefs is almost always a losing proposition. Providing incentives for desirable outcomes and letting people choose is much more effective in the long run and doesn't breed nearly as much resentment (they feel they retain their agency). Our best hope is a play into people's own selfish desires and channel that into a productive outlet (e.g. "install this CO2 scrubber on your roof and make passive income!") Climate change is an issue that needs to be addressed immediately but unfortunately it's an uphill battle with human nature and the status quo of our culture/society working against us.