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Re:Carbon capture more costly than switching to renewables, ... by jslezak on Saturday February 15, 2025 @03:55PM (#43062244)
This has been obvious since day 0, for the same reason that doing elaborate industry-funded R&D to develop piss-extraction technology to filter and sequester piss from your swimming pool will never be more efficient than simply not pissing in your pool
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Re:Carbon capture more costly than switching to renewables, ... by Aachen on Saturday February 15, 2025 @05:19PM (#43062962)
Is it on purpose that the analogy lends itself for arguing "and that's why we need the technology: we won't stop the group that still does this"?

I'm probably more optimistic about global warming than about the other "environment-warming" thing!

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