silence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 6 days agoAt this rate, carbon dioxide removal will never matter for the climate| The carbon dioxide removal industry is struggling to grow at pace needed to have a significant role in meeting climate targetswww.newscientist.comexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up161arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up161arrow-down1external-linkAt this rate, carbon dioxide removal will never matter for the climate| The carbon dioxide removal industry is struggling to grow at pace needed to have a significant role in meeting climate targetswww.newscientist.comsilence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square6fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareDelta_V@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·6 days agoWe’re still burning fossil carbon for energy. Carbon capture does not make sense until we have an excess of clean energy to power it. Scaling it now would do more harm than good.
minus-squareRevan343@lemmy.cacakelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·6 days agoBingo. Carbon capture research right now? Sure, absolutely, I’d like something better than ‘pump CO2 underground’. But that’s all, any talk of actually building at scale is ultimately just venture capital grift
We’re still burning fossil carbon for energy.
Carbon capture does not make sense until we have an excess of clean energy to power it.
Scaling it now would do more harm than good.
Bingo. Carbon capture research right now? Sure, absolutely, I’d like something better than ‘pump CO2 underground’. But that’s all, any talk of actually building at scale is ultimately just venture capital grift