Carbon capture is like geo-engineering in the sense that we should definitely be researching it, but we should definitely not be talking about it in the political space because there are much more effective solutions that are cheaper and can be implemented now. Carbon capture is only worth talking about doing once we've radically altered our economy to no longer produce carbon emissions and are ready to undo the carbon we've already pumped into the atmosphere.
this post was submitted on 05 Jun 2024
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Yeah. Currently, there's also no consensus that carbon capture or geo-engineering are even reasonably feasible solutions. They are still very much in the experimental stage.
Assuming we will invent a technological solution sometime in the future, instead of reducing emissions now is irresponsible and an excuse for inaction.
One 20 year old tree sequestered as much carbon as 1,000 saplings. We should wait on the politicians lol.