BernieEcclestoned t1_jbo73pp wrote on March 10, 2023 at 1:36 PM

Reply to comment by MT_Kinetic_Mountain in Denmark will be first country to import, store other countries' captured CO2 | "Our subsoil contains a storage potential far larger than our own emissions," said Danish Climate Minister Lars Aagaard. by chrisdh79

That's literally what net zero is though isn't it?

MT_Kinetic_Mountain t1_jbo7ufl wrote on March 10, 2023 at 1:42 PM

Yeah but net zero doesn't solve the issue we're having, right? I thought we've crossed whatever threshold there was for limiting carbon emissions and we've got to remove carbon from the atmosphere than just stop putting out more.

Also in more concerned that it'll be the same fate as similar programs where it's just used by corporations to greenwash their business while not putting any actual effort to reduce the waste they out out into the world.

OriginalCompetitive t1_jboe71k wrote on March 10, 2023 at 2:29 PM

Emissions in the US and Europe have been dropping for 20 years, so it’s not all just greenwashing.

wtfduud t1_jbt1ch3 wrote on March 11, 2023 at 2:16 PM

> but net zero doesn't solve the issue we're having, right?

It does, but only very slowly. The Earth can absorb a certain amount of CO2 per year.

But it could take centuries for all the CO2 we've already put out to disappear. So if we want to solve it within our lifetime, we do need to start scrubbing CO2 out of the air manually.