Is carbon removal a realistic climate solution?

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Humans have pumped so much carbon into the air that climate experts now believe even a dramatic reduction in fossil fuel emissions won’t be enough.

in a year. Another issue, they say, is that carbon capture may never achieve the level of sustained investment that other green technologies have, because it doesn’t produce an end product that can be sold for profit.

“Even as we stop making the problem worse, we’ll still need to clean up the mess made so far. Environmentally just carbon removal is a potentially powerful tool that can help stop the worst impacts of climate change by removing legacy emissions from the atmosphere.” — Jasmine Sanders,“I don't think carbon capture is a silver bullet, because there is no silver bullet. … We're going to need everything, especially because we're already behind on our goals.

 

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Is that science or a guess?

What about other plants. All plants use carbon dioxide not just trees. Some plants can use more carbon dioxide and can be planted in many areas. Why don't we hear about that?

Only 15% of the worlds CO2 emission comes from the U.S. Hardly a world ending event.

Military doesn’t filter exhaust

Plants do this naturally, but most scientists say the sheer volume of carbon that must be sucked out of the air means that simply planting more trees won’t be enough...

That was fast.

Until astronomers do something useful and create a hole in the ozone layer, nothing will change.

Without carbon in the atmosphere, earth would be to cold for life.

We're pretty well Cooked... 'Now!

Unless China, India and the US make drastic changes, nothing is going to improve.

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