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Early lightbulbs had a lifespan of 14 hours and weren't much brighter than a set of candles. I'm glad they didn't quit and invest the money into candle factorie
by missedthecue 4y ago
Early lightbulbs had a lifespan of 14 hours and weren't much brighter than a set of candles. I'm glad they didn't quit and invest the money into candle factories!
The analogy isn't perfect, but the point is clear. Refining and developing imperfect Co2 extraction technology today can pay massive dividends in the future.
- tito 4y agoI like the analogy! I think it's clearer than the one about transistors I offered above.
- 11101010001100 4y agoAnalogies get people interested in the topic. Science works on first principles.
- yread 4y ago14 hours is not way off from a lifetime of a candle. Not 100 000 times shorter for sure. And it doesn't smoke, can't start a fire and you can light thousands of them at the same time. I mean you could be right, it could go right and they could figure out the thermodynamics and somehow built insane number of huge plants without adding significant additional CO2 emissions. Or it could suck up billions in resources to produce 2M$ in revenue and give polluters a license to pollute some more