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bishopcheck t1_j60lax8 wrote

Reply to comment by jchexl in World’s largest direct air carbon capture facility will reduce CO2 by .0001% by Overthrow_Capitalism

We need carbon capture no matter how you look it. Even if we went 100% sustainable tomorrow, the already released greenhouse gases will effect the climate for centuries.

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jchexl t1_j60m7t1 wrote

Carbon capture is literally just delaying our transition to renewables, the more electricity we waste on carbon capture the longer it will take to eliminate fossil fuels. It’s a massive net loss, maybe there’s a place for carbon capture in the future when we have an excess of renewable energy, but it’s hurting our planet in its current state.

There are still countries building new coal plants, why should we be wasting renewable energy to take 1 ton of CO2 out of the atmosphere, when we could use it to prevent 265 tons from ever being emitted?

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