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by dsfyu404ed 1268 days ago
What timeline for CO2 neutrality will satisfy you?

The fuel in TFA game from ag-waste. So presumably it's carbon neutral on a ~1-2yr timeline.

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CO2 neutrality does not make sense in the context of a timeline. it is a mathematical rate, positive being an increase in the atmospheric reservoir and negative being a decrease in the atmospheric reservoir.

No amount of time producing "nearly neutral" increases to the atmospheric reservoir will produce an improvement in runaway existing CO2 feedback loops.

A mathematical rate literally includes a timeline. Common timelines for rates are per second, per hour, and per year. Saying “CO2 neutral per two years” is non-standard but valid.

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