politics
Welcome to the discussion of US Politics!
Rules:
- Post only links to articles, Title must fairly describe link contents. If your title differs from the site’s, it should only be to add context or be more descriptive. Do not post entire articles in the body or in the comments.
- Articles must be relevant to politics. Links must be to quality and original content. Articles should be worth reading. Clickbait, stub articles, and rehosted or stolen content are not allowed. Check your source for Reliability and Bias here.
- Be civil, No violations of TOS. It’s OK to say the subject of an article is behaving like a (pejorative, pejorative). It’s NOT OK to say another USER is (pejorative). Strong language is fine, just not directed at other members. Engage in good-faith and with respect! This includes accusing another user of being a bot or paid actor. Trolling is uncivil and is grounds for removal and/or a community ban.
- No memes, trolling, or low-effort comments. Reposts, misinformation, off-topic, trolling, or offensive.
- Vote based on comment quality, not agreement. This community aims to foster discussion; please reward people for putting effort into articulating their viewpoint, even if you disagree with it.
- No hate speech, slurs, celebrating death, advocating violence, or abusive language. This will result in a ban. Usernames containing racist, or inappropriate slurs will be banned without warning
We ask that the users report any comment or post that violate the rules, to use critical thinking when reading, posting or commenting. Users that post off-topic spam, advocate violence, have multiple comments or posts removed, weaponize reports or violate the code of conduct will be banned.
All posts and comments will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. This means that some content that violates the rules may be allowed, while other content that does not violate the rules may be removed. The moderators retain the right to remove any content and ban users.
That's all the rules!
Civic Links
• Congressional Awards Program
• Library of Congress Legislative Resources
• U.S. House of Representatives
Partnered Communities:
• News
view the rest of the comments
I can't say I'm a fan of the current generation of this technology, and I'm not really excited about the idea that we can just use it as an excuse to not change our behaviors.
However: This kind of investment is how we get better versions of the technology, or learn that it truly is a dead-end.
Maybe this won't result in like, amazing faux-trees capturing and sequestering carbon into bricks we turn into buildings or something, but maybe it will result in technology we can miniaturize or repurpose to slap on the ends of tailpipes and the tops of smokestacks. Maybe it'll end up being a stepping stone to something greater.
We're at the point now where we can't afford to let the perfect be the enemy of good. We need to try everything, even if it's not perfect right now.
My sentiments exactly. Plus, carbon capture as a concept (in this form or others) is a desireable and perhaps even necessary avenue of exploration considering where the climate currently is.
We're already at the point of no return - each year tens of millions more acres are burning than is normal. Arctic ice is melting. Both of these are self-feeding cycles. Even if humanity were to vanish and/or our carbon emissions dropped to 0, we're already at the point of these kinds of extremes. If we want any chance of returning to a climate humans have been largely familiar with over the course of written history, we have to start eliminating the carbon already in the atmosphere, whether by technology or by biological systems that WON'T burn down in the next drought. The Atlantic oceanic current system is estimated to collapse within a couple of decades, which will have massive ramifications for the ocean ecosystems as well as climate for the northern hemishpere, so it'd be just peachy if we could figure this all out before then.