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"Suicidal environmentalists"? What kind of preposterous position is that? There is no known CO2 removal or capture technology currently capable of reducing lev
by mrtesthah 3y ago
"Suicidal environmentalists"? What kind of preposterous position is that?
There is no known CO2 removal or capture technology currently capable of reducing levels faster and with less energy inputs than simply shutting down the current emitters.
Geo-engineering is essential, but stopping emissions is even more so.
- angiosperm 3y agoMore to the point, geo-engineering is guaranteed to fail if emissions are unchecked. Whatever gains the former can offer, the latter may easily overwhelm. Our only hope is for emitting processes to become much more expensive than non-emitting alternatives. Fortunately we are on that path, although entrenched interests force emitting processes to continue well beyond economic rationality. E.g., new coal burning infrastructure being built even now.
- generic92034 3y agoI wish, but I am not so sure we are really on the path, when I read articles like this one: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/mar/28/oil-and-gas-fossil-fuels-report https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/mar/28/oil-and-... Quote: "World’s fossil-fuel producers on track to nearly quadruple output from newly approved projects by decade’s end, report finds."