Hudson E Baldwin III wrote below, "[W]e must devote all of our energy to the two basic prerequisites. The absolute end of fossil fuel extraction and burning along with direct atmospheric sequestration of carbon. Had (sic) a scale of 2 point5 trillion tons."
The problem is that CC&S has not proven to be cost effective nor scalable. Best we…
Hudson E Baldwin III wrote below, "[W]e must devote all of our energy to the two basic prerequisites. The absolute end of fossil fuel extraction and burning along with direct atmospheric sequestration of carbon. Had (sic) a scale of 2 point5 trillion tons."
The problem is that CC&S has not proven to be cost effective nor scalable. Best we're doing now is in the tens of thousands of tons of CO2 per annum, not billions. Where are we going to put all that CO2 anyway? The COP21 working papers were adamant about how important CC&S is to meeting net zero efforts, to such an extent that the bulk of future offsetting is done by CC&S and not reforestation. And that was YEARS ago. We've made next to no progress, and most efforts to restart old nuke plants (or build new ones, or standardize SMR's) have been meet with derision by the green brigade. The question still remains, How do we meet our growing energy needs—AI powered searches online have added tremendous growth in demand, for example—while also meeting the energy obligations of a growing planetary population, lifting millions out of poverty, and simultaneously begin removing all the added CO2 from past emissions, to say nothing of current at-point emissions? And, do all of that profitably? I don't think anyone has a real answer.
Hudson E Baldwin III wrote below, "[W]e must devote all of our energy to the two basic prerequisites. The absolute end of fossil fuel extraction and burning along with direct atmospheric sequestration of carbon. Had (sic) a scale of 2 point5 trillion tons."
The problem is that CC&S has not proven to be cost effective nor scalable. Best we're doing now is in the tens of thousands of tons of CO2 per annum, not billions. Where are we going to put all that CO2 anyway? The COP21 working papers were adamant about how important CC&S is to meeting net zero efforts, to such an extent that the bulk of future offsetting is done by CC&S and not reforestation. And that was YEARS ago. We've made next to no progress, and most efforts to restart old nuke plants (or build new ones, or standardize SMR's) have been meet with derision by the green brigade. The question still remains, How do we meet our growing energy needs—AI powered searches online have added tremendous growth in demand, for example—while also meeting the energy obligations of a growing planetary population, lifting millions out of poverty, and simultaneously begin removing all the added CO2 from past emissions, to say nothing of current at-point emissions? And, do all of that profitably? I don't think anyone has a real answer.