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by jogjayr 2552 days ago
It's spelled "Nobel". I'm also not the first person to suggest it. So if it works, the prize wouldn't go to me.

Either way you haven't made a case, or provided sources, for why it wouldn't work.

Some methods are apparently snake oil[1]. But others, such as pumping into saline aquifers[2] may be viable (the source on that is naturally suspicious).

1. https://grist.org/article/rule-four-of-offsets-no-enhanced-o...

2. https://www.spe.org/industry/carbon-capture-sequestration.ph...

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No, no the "noble prize" is an award I personally give out to the HN comment that best exemplifies the common phenomenon on this board where a glib oversimplification of a massively complicated issue is used to dismiss the importance of far-reaching changes in favour of a one-line technical fix.
I'm aware that far-reaching changes need to occur in society and the economy to solve the climate crisis. Reduction of consumption, renewable energy, planting more forests, efficient transportation, heating and cooling, re-evaluating what we value in life - all of these will play their part. I don't think carbon sequestration alone will fix everything. But if it has the potential to help, why not look into it?