I think there is a place for frontier carbon removals, but I agree with other commenters that it's not as effective as some of the (much much cheaper) solutions

I think there is a place for frontier carbon removals, but I agree with other commenters that it's not as effective as some of the (much much cheaper) solutions that we already have. There's nothing wrong with incentivising carbon avoidance, deforestation etc while also keeping an eye on burgeoning solutions. Another caution is that most removals are selling you forwards, not credits. So you can't actually claim you are offsetting your carbon today. Full disclosure, I work for Fenix Carbon (www.fenixcarbon.com) where we're specifically focusing on high quality offsets and connecting buyers directly to the project developers.