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You're not factoring the energy and resources (eg excavation) needed to build all those arseloads of solar panels and DAC machinery and the infrastructure to co
by wkat4242 2y ago
You're not factoring the energy and resources (eg excavation) needed to build all those arseloads of solar panels and DAC machinery and the infrastructure to connect, maintain and control them all, including things like cleaning all those panels. And the societal impact of paying for it all.
- kragen 2y agoIn https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42424748 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42424748 you can see some calculations about those issues. Basically they turn out not to be significant.