The First Commercial Carbon-Sucking Facility in the US Opens in California

Re:The First Commercial Carbon-Sucking Facility in the US Op... by dottjt on Sunday November 12, 2023 @01:59AM (#38238004)

I agree in principle, but my question to you, is how do we make something economic i.e. CO2 pollution, which in principle provides no value?

The same goes for fossil fuel consumption. There's nothing economic about not using fossil fuels.

Understandably it's a compromise, but the first reaction shouldn't be "it costs too much, so don't do it". This attitude is the reason why nothing ends up getting done. I would much rather an uneconomic solution, than no solution at all, which seemingly is the status quo.

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Re:The First Commercial Carbon-Sucking Facility in the US Op... by Dylan16807 on Sunday November 12, 2023 @02:08AM (#38238053)

Taxes are one straightforward way. But no matter how you're paying for it, if you have method A and method B, and they'd both do the job, you don't pick the one that costs 5x as much because you think economic arguments are a bad thing.

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