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minus-squaresurewhynotlem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down6·9 months agoIf not burning it were an option, we’d be doing that. But we aren’t, so it isn’t. So we need to do something with the stuff in the air…
minus-squareSkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·9 months agoNot burning it is an option though. …it’s just cheaper not to. If you ignore the externalities for it. Which we do.
minus-squareserratur@lemmy.wtflinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 months agoYeah but when running carbon capture produces more CO2 than it can remove it is no point, its like running an air condition without exhausting the hot air.
If not burning it were an option, we’d be doing that. But we aren’t, so it isn’t.
So we need to do something with the stuff in the air…
Not burning it is an option though.
…it’s just cheaper not to. If you ignore the externalities for it. Which we do.
Yeah but when running carbon capture produces more CO2 than it can remove it is no point, its like running an air condition without exhausting the hot air.