Re:What if carbon removal becomes the new Big Oil?
by fsloth on Sunday July 26, 2020 @08:20AM
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Modern market-economy states have huge businesses just supporting this and that government mandate without actually producing anything - tax lawyers for example.
Re:What if carbon removal becomes the new Big Oil?
by rightbyte on Sunday July 26, 2020 @08:39AM
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Every plant is a "carbon remover". "Funnels air into the ground" can describe a potatoe plant. Surely there can be economy in that.
Re:What if carbon removal becomes the new Big Oil?
by GeoAtreides on Sunday July 26, 2020 @08:54AM
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No, every plant is carbon storage. The only way it becomes a 'remover' if it's buried back in the ground.
CCS is literally unburning coal and oil. Gathering ashes (CO2) and putting them back in the ground. Instead of energy producing goods and services, it just funnels air into the ground. The energy needed for this is at least the same energy that was released in the last 200 years.
It's also needed to stave off catastrophe and civilisation collapse, but let's not kid ourselves: it doesn't produce anything, except in indirect ways. Capitalism is not equipped to deal with this scenario.