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Re:The dream of carbon air capture edges toward reality by Supermancho on Wednesday August 25, 2021 @10:39PM (#28309986)
> I imagine as the extra added-cost of pollution gets funneled back to the producers, they will have a financial incentive to adjust their processes to pollute less

I imagine the added-cost gets passed on to the consumer.

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Re:The dream of carbon air capture edges toward reality by Ericson2314 on Wednesday August 25, 2021 @10:59PM (#28310111)
That doesn't take away the incentive, though. Anyone that can pass on less cost because of a better process now has a real competitive advantage, whereas today they can, what, virtue signal?
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