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Re:MIT engineers develop a new way to remove carbon dioxide ... by specialist on Saturday February 04, 2023 @12:21PM (#34656127)
Yes and:

And it's very likely any fixes will not simply be a matter of reducing atmospheric carbon.

Here's a first principles explanation for why carbon net zero and sequestration are not the direct, most expedient path towards reducing temps.

"Dr. Ye Tao on a grand scheme to cool the Earth" https://www.volts.wtf/p/volts-podcast-dr-ye-tao-on-a-grand#d...

TLDR: Given the time and resources we have, focus on strategies for cooling the atmosphere the fastest way possible.

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Re:MIT engineers develop a new way to remove carbon dioxide ... by DennisP on Saturday February 04, 2023 @01:11PM (#34656604)
Maybe most sensible approach: use SRM to reduce temperature directly and head off nasty positive feedbacks like melting permafrost, but treat that as buying time to get CO2 down to a safe level.
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