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		TigeriusKirk on Sept 27, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Are we living at the 'hinge of history'? > stop emitting CO2 TODAY, literally. Given that there's no chance at all of this happening, what's Plan B?

multiplegeorges on Sept 27, 2020 [–]

Plan B is active removal of CO2 from the atmosphere, converting it to CaCO3 and sinking it into the ocean.

It will require the deployment of direct air capture tech at a total-war level of industrial mobilization.

An adequately priced carbon tax could make it profitable?

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