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Carbon capture more costly than switching to renewables, researchers find (techxplore.com)

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[–] Korkki@lemmy.ml 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

That is just not what the article means when it talks about carbon capture

[–] monogram@feddit.nl 0 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Does timber contain carbon? Yes
Does concrete emit carbon? Yes
Where did the carbon in the timber come from? 🪿🪿🪿

The article talks about how moving to renewables is better than staying with fossil, which is true. It is also true that we need fossil sources for things that don’t have an alternative (yet, like steel production) It is also true that to keep the price of more expensive cleaner option viable carbon credits help

[–] monogram@feddit.nl 1 points 4 days ago

Hint: photosynthesis