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by ben_w
1678 days ago
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> We can cut fossil fuel use drastically and cut carbon emissions, but still use them when needed, and everything will be OK! Not to detract from your core point as there are ways to solve this[1], but long term the necessary level of solution is 99.9% reduction over all sources of CO2, so no, it isn’t OK unless it’s no more than 8 hours per year[1]. [0] hydrogen, synthetic hydrocarbons, even burning wood instead of coal works in this situation, so long as the costs are lower than for fossil carbon [1] on average, with a margin of error of way more than 100% depending on all the carbon sources that aren’t electrical |
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