• tyler@programming.dev
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      3 days ago

      It’s not worse. It’s carbon neutral (as long as the energy source is renewable like the sun). Any carbon it takes in will be released exactly back to where it was. It’s a much much better option than digging up oil.

      On top of that, there are currently no likely possibilities of replacing gasoline for things like planes. So replacing their gas with carbon neutral gas will improve the situation by 100%.

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        Well, it shouldn’t be carbon neutral… It should used to get carbon out of the atmosphere and into a less damaging substance.

        Carbon capture does not replace getting rid of our dependency on burning fossil fuels.

        We wouldn’t get back the same amount that we are burning anyway. So this approach is worse, because dumb people think it would save us, without us changing the way we produce energy.

        It is worse, because it is a distraction from actually doing something.

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          Until we get rid of the necessity for gasoline, this is better than extracting new fossil fuels and might be better than biofuels produced far away.

          Also, I don’t think any form of carbon capture from atmosphere is realistic at scale to reduce CO2. You need atv least as much energy as we are burning just to keep up, and that’s assuming 100% efficiency which is impossible. Focusing on reducing new CO2 emitted seems more effective

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        2 days ago

        There is no such thing as “carbon neutral”. Nor is there a problem with carbon. You’re talking about carbon dioxide which is as close to carbon as table salt is to chlorine.

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          2 days ago

          You can vote me down as much as you want. You still have no clue of chemistry - or anything else you’re babbling about. Morons.

          • tyler@programming.dev
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            2 days ago

            How about you go argue with the scientists calling it carbon neutral. My wife literally works in the field. It’s called carbon neutral.