Could seaweed be the 'fastest and least expensive' tool to fight climate change?

Re:Could seaweed be the 'fastest and least expensive' tool t... by ben_w on Thursday June 08, 2023 @04:51PM (#36248799)

There's a nice handy fusion ball in the sky; but that isn't sufficient for CO2 removal, and if we do have a genuine incentive to remove it, I wouldn't want to bet that the incentives stop at any particular level and thus would give equal a priori credence to us ending up with too much or too little atmospheric CO2 with such technology.

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Re:Could seaweed be the 'fastest and least expensive' tool t... by doctor_eval on Thursday June 08, 2023 @05:45PM (#36249635)

This is exactly where I sit too.

We currently have financial incentives for producing CO2, which are proving almost impossible to reverse.

But let’s say we reverse them and create incentives for CO2 removal.

How are we going to change the incentive yet again, when it’s time to stop? By the time this happens, the CO2 removal lobby will be strong. Think about the jobs! The taxes! The communities!

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