jeffw@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoHow Much Energy Would It Take to Pull Carbon Dioxide out of the Air?www.wired.comexternal-linkmessage-square21linkfedilinkarrow-up1100arrow-down12
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minus-squareTarogar@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33·1 year agoBasically… A lot! Just to have what effectively amounts to a painkiller. Now don’t get me wrong, those are great but you know what’s better? Solving the issue that causes you pain to begin with.
minus-squarefluxion@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·1 year agoHmm …what about continuing to go on benders every night and not addressing the problem at all? Would that be bad?
minus-squareChrislyBear@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year agoI know something better and it’s solar powered: Trees!
minus-squareJonDorfman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoBut think of all the space that would take! If you replant forests where are we going to put our superhighways and parking lots?
minus-squaresugartits@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year agoAt this point, we need to do both
minus-squareKowowow@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·1 year agoSounds like a great use for nuclear and then if there’s a drop in renewable energy it can pick up the slack
Basically… A lot! Just to have what effectively amounts to a painkiller. Now don’t get me wrong, those are great but you know what’s better? Solving the issue that causes you pain to begin with.
Hmm …what about continuing to go on benders every night and not addressing the problem at all? Would that be bad?
I know something better and it’s solar powered: Trees!
But think of all the space that would take! If you replant forests where are we going to put our superhighways and parking lots?
At this point, we need to do both
Sounds like a great use for nuclear and then if there’s a drop in renewable energy it can pick up the slack