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Re:What if carbon removal becomes the new Big Oil? by D895n9o33436N42 on Sunday July 26, 2020 @11:09AM (#23957584)
> People want gasoline or gas. People don't want to pay for CO2 removal, because they don't get anything back immediately - maybe a slightly cooler planet and better biosphere 50 years in the future.

I don’t want gas; I want some means to propel my car from A to B. I’ll choose the most economically practical option, gas being the currently most available one. I live in Florida, so the “underwater in 50 years” meme hits very close to my home: about 3km away, to be precise. Lots of people will see the incentive to use less gas, or to pay for carbon sequestration in the absence of a non-gas option.

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Re:What if carbon removal becomes the new Big Oil? by D895n9o33436N42 on Sunday July 26, 2020 @11:38AM (#23957847)
Stop cutting part of my sentence to present it out of context.
Re:What if carbon removal becomes the new Big Oil? by thekyle on Sunday July 26, 2020 @12:27PM (#23958175)
Do people really use gasoline for heating and AC? I've never seen that. Also can't the rest of those things just use an alternate fuel.
Re:What if carbon removal becomes the new Big Oil? by jimmaswell on Sunday July 26, 2020 @12:38PM (#23958251)
Closest I can think of is propane. It's occasionally used for home heating and more rarely for refrigeration.
Re:What if carbon removal becomes the new Big Oil? by macspoofing on Monday July 27, 2020 @08:35AM (#23964469)
>Do people really use gasoline for heating and AC?

No. I meant fossil fuels in this case (specifically natural gas).

>Also can't the rest of those things just use an alternate fuel.

We currently have no alternative to fossil fuels for cargo ships and airplanes.

Re:What if carbon removal becomes the new Big Oil? by ryder9 on Sunday July 26, 2020 @01:40PM (#23958690)
natural gas is used for heating, and for the time being it's more energy efficient to heat using natural gas directly than using electricity from generated from the grid which for me is a mix of nuclear hydro & natural gas