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How Much Energy Would It Take to Pull Carbon Dioxide out of the Air? (www.wired.com)

submitted 5 months ago by jeffw@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] aBundleOfFerrets@sh.itjust.works 21 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Carbon capture makes much more sense directly on smokestacks and other industry waste outputs, but then how do businesses make taxpayers fund it?

[–] jeffw@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Idk, I just feel like it’s 1. A cop out. We need to reduce emissions and not put our eggs in one basket. And 2. In its infancy. The tech isn’t efficient enough yet to be rolled out imo

[–] vividspecter@lemm.ee 8 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

I think we should pursue it for the future, but it shouldn't be taking funding that could be used for more immediate solutions or used as a distraction / delay tactic (although of course it will).

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 months ago

I disagree. I think we should:

Pilot it to prove the cost
Charge a carbon tax based loosely on that number and (high) estimates for the amount of carbon emitted
Return the carbon tax to the public as a credit

This keeps the tax revenue neutral (i.e. theoretically no hit to GDP) while encouraging companies to find cheaper ways to reduce carbon emissions or capture carbon to offset emissions.

If it's ineffective at reducing emissions, then start spending a portion of it to remove carbon.

[–] Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee 3 points 5 months ago

Preventing additional carbon emissions doesn't decrease what's already in the atmosphere. We would need some form of carbon capture even if we stopped all emissions today.