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by IshKebab 879 days ago
I have no idea what Greenpeace's position on carbon capture is, but it's definitely isn't anti-growth to oppose carbon capture.

And when I say "carbon capture" I of course mean "pinning our hopes on carbon capture". If actual, working, viable carbon capture existed then nobody would be against doing it, but that's a pipe dream. It's always going to be more economic to not burn stuff than to burn it and then unburn it.

Kind of like carbon credits. If they were real they'd be a pretty decent idea, but they're basically full scam.

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Well, one more condition is needed: scalable. An actual, working, viable carbon capture exists: growing trees and then cutting down and carbonizing them. Unfortunately, this does not scale to offset enough of CO2 in time.